The case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah and Egypt’s crushing of dissent | The Listening Post

As Egypt’s President el-Sisi kicks off a "National Dialogue" on human rights, the precarious fate of jailed writer and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah exposes the grave climate for free speech in the country.
Contributors:
Mona Seif - Sister of Alaa Abd el-Fattah
Nancy Okail - President, Center for International Policy
Amr Khalifa - Political analyst
Sabrina Bennoui - Head of the Middle East desk, Reporters Without Borders
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Media, monopolies and the rewriting of Chile’s constitution:
Chile is working on a new constitution that has some of Augusto Pinochet’s favourite news outlets fighting for their corporate lives.
Contributors:
Patricio Fernández - Member, Chilean Constitutional Convention Journalist & Founder, The Clinic
Jorge Saavedra - Author, The Media Commons and Social Movements
Claudio Fuentes - Historian, Diego Portales University; author, The Fraud: Chronicle on the Plebiscite of the 1980 Constitution
Belén Pellegrini - Journalist, La Neta
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00:00 Egypt & the case of Alaa Abdel Fattah
10:46 Boris gets memed by British media
12:44 Chile's media monopolies
22:56 Egypt's jailed journalists & media workers

[@solomonberundi4771]

Just spent 4 days in Egypt. The bread lines, welfare lines full of egyptians + refugees coming from Ethiopia was overwhelming. I thought I was in beruit. Egypt was supposed to be the stable country in the middle east, but they are barely holding that country together. The wheat shortage is REAL! Its not a game.

[@iamalli2109]

A simple example, Egypt people how they brought a dictatorship with fall of another dictatorship

[@wgeorges793]

Are your kidding me , this guy is the best President ever.

[@Mai_TS--_--]

a secular president springs up in mid east: West: *Wait, that's a dictatorship*

[@killerfox8]

@@wgeorges793 amazing in failure and the best in taking stupid decision and action that brought Egypt economy down

[@wgeorges793]

@@killerfox8 I don't think so mate;

[@killerfox8]

@@wgeorges793 u either blind or you don't live here in Egypt

[@techtravels401]

iINDIA IS NOT FAR BEHIND EGYPT WHEN IT COMES TO BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS .........SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HAPPENING IN INDIA AGAINST MINORITIES

[@ricfermi5886]

Do you want to know something? Well, it's happening all over the world and before the popularization of the internet the TV networks could feed us with lies easily!

[@eng.ibrahimali8764]

India i's worst

[@MohOz]

As an Indian I cannot agree more

[@Mai_TS--_--]

Nope, Egypt is richer, more prosperous than India, Indian population 60% is below poverty rate while only 3.2% below poverty rate in Egypt. No comparison.

[@techtravels401]

@@Mai_TS--_-- you are stupid guy you didn't understand the comment and Egypt is not richer than India ..INDIA is the 6th largest economy in the world and where is Egypt just blah blah blah like your president SOOSI

[@027Jayjay]

It's not like Corporate Companies don't dictate society too.

[@egyptianmist4098]

EGYPTIAN watching Egypt from afar with 😟 concern.

[@alcubz2622]

thats not a physic of someone whos under hunger strike for 3 months

[@kylesmith8128]

Force-feeding is a possibility in these situations.

[@jarosawbielski2301]

Some friends are ruinous but there is also a loved one, more attached than a brother.

[@fatmahusan3555]

Good job

[@syedasiad3211]

Egypt Sisi's leash handed over to foreign master

[@imrannazir6931]

Egypt is a country the US prefers not to have democracy.

[@wgeorges793]

Wipe your b.... with your d...

[@koneko6225]

What country does have the most political prisoners? The US! Surprise surprise)

[@whocare336]

Qatara ruled medea is talking about free speech and human rights ????.

[@shelbylynnschlund8035]

We will see if they can buy meat from Italy, buy food from Spain, bread from France, spices from lybia, Bread from Ukraine and russia, SEAFOOD FROM JAPAN, spices from Turkey, BANGLADESH and INDIA. Egypt stay neutral and for human rights, and trade/food !

[@35Canadian]

percentage of Sri lankan debit: West contries: 47%, Asian development bank: 13%, Japan: 10%, China: 10%, World bank: 9%, India: 2%, Others 9%. All the contries should cut or extend the payback for the debits. Sri lanka need support from the world. The people need help for food and other basic living.

[@catboynestormakhno2694]

ye talk to your local goverments about the issue, so it may get help

[@dawitking9978]

All Egypt media control by SISI 😂☺️

[@user-mh1yc5vc5x]

ክፉ😂😂😂

[@mohamed6401]

Eng. President Mohamed Mursi is my democratically elected president of Egypt.

[@MsDboyy]

Egypt has a long history of being one of the most repressive countries 🤦‍♂️

[@_NoobPlayingGames]

Thanks to the british and now the americans...

[@tkdhanesh01]

A society gets the type of rulers it deserves!

[@ricfermi5886]

A society is plural. The majority doesn't mean all must be punished and vice-versa

[@kylesmith8128]

An inane comment that is untrue. It is like saying that people who are born into rich families deserve it, or that people born into slavery deserve it. Absurd.

[@craffte]

I am so sick of seeing this comment. Insufferable, insensitive. Callous.

[@MohOz]

@@kylesmith8128 that's 🕉 dharma Ina nutshell

[@kylesmith8128]

@@MohOz Ironic that the Indian political landscape is taking a turn towards violent, xenophobic nationalism. Not that I can say much about that as American citizen except that I fight that type of attitude in my country as much as I can.

[@mdshimul7025]

Munafik sisi

[@bakjordan3]

But this exactly what the EU & USA have done, it’s strange how we only see error in brown people and brown countries!!

[@puraLusa]

We who? AL Jazeera is qarar based, a very much brown country. Your seeing things on the basis od skin color because u are racist. Most times is about political agendas!

[@bakjordan3]

@@puraLusa i am referring to the body and organisation responsible for this press freedom list. They are usually funded by the EU or US, and used for their agenda. Hence these organisations aren’t impartial.

[@ssegawaibrahim3115]

A dictator talking about a national dialog....Just window dressing

[@suzannelooms7658]

Do you really think Alaa will be protected because of British citizenship? Our Home Secretary is busy blocking asylum seekers, including those fleeing the invasion of Ukraine. She plans to send them to Rwanda.

[@boyizheng6913]

Supporting tens of thousands of refugees vs taking in one guy who’s an icon of free speech? It’s a bargain deal for the West.

[@joemarvincentserrano4234]

10:46 On our radar: Prime Minister of Great Britain, Boris Johnson was resigned from now 12:45 The coup and assassination of Salvador Allende in Chile years from now on

[@sergioroap]

A Chilean Professor here: Allende committed suicide

[@willymessmann9372]

If you don't stop this self destruction soon there will be no way back

[@avigoods719]

Don't forget the rabaa massacre

[@mohsinkamal2236]

Al Jazeera news 👍👍👍

[@jdmmg4904]

It's just disgusting how little freedom (of speech) exists in so many countries like Egypt, in countries of the Middle East like UAE and Qatar... i am hoping for the quick release of these journalists and warriors for freedom.

[@segagenysis6918]

Their civilization is not the same as the West. They're built on different principles. This is because we are Judeo Christian and they are Islamic. Their part of the world will never be free because of that. Never.

[@Mai_TS--_--]

😂😂

[@anmona4803]

Thanks to Al zajeera for this amezing show

[@wgeorges793]

OMG, you guys in Al whatever have a talent to stir the pot. Egypt , with the guy leading the country amazingly, must be soil in your eyes ha? Too much stability there, your sponsor must have had nightmares that Egypt has invested so much to be strong in so many areas. You suckers! Some time ago i watched you broadcast about Poland, you have not cometence to even talk about sand on Sahara.

[@LoveMyPeople04]

Crazy times we’re living in

[@vincentquintero6464]

what hipocrisy first uk should free assange, then talk of other countries

[@anitharaj6581]

I couldn't understand y they arrested n in the prison... Is this nessesary to a person spend his whole life in the prison far from their families n society n their happy movments ??? Is this justice for prison for whole life ??? How terrible punishment is that ...

[@rabbit3857]

Jal jazeera should also talk about most democratic country on earth - super duper democratic republic of Qatar

[@shuaipeng602]

Freedom of speech is important, however there needs to be punishment for lies by the media, or fact vs appinion. There are some blatant lie in the us by the media and they are of no consequence

[@shuaipeng602]

@Amal Arab Girl i am purely referring to news media reporting false fact. People can can anything they want on appinion

[@najmamohammed1437]

Can you please try and live in peace . America Israel looking to expand around the areas in countries are always looking to change regimes. All countries have problems , leave them alone. They can look after themselves without other countries trying to help them . You wouldn't like it if they interfere with you. We need peace not war. There are so many countries that have been bombarded and infrastructure will never be the same. People don't need your help because you are destroying the countries wereever you go.

[@ahmadkoodoruth]

You have enjoyed the over throw of Morsi legitimately elected. Now bear what your hands had shaped.

[@robertsmith8629]

Can i call Egyptian as stupid coz they replaced dictator with dictator 😂 they replaced Hosni with sisi

[@wgeorges793]

People like you are s .. beyond recognising, get to know reality a bit.

[@ssa089]

isnt it this sisi supported by so called democratic west?? haha

[@ahamed4152]

mt fav is al jazeera talking about state media.

[@abdulkkhan5095]

He is a trouble maker. He doesn't have any solutions

[@zanealam3159]

But the US-israel bloc favors Sisi.

[@ZizoTheGamer]

ربنا يفك سجنه

[@whocare336]

Al Jazeera the propaganda channel of Qatar is talking about human right freedom of speech???? Drama at its best. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wgeorges793]

That what strikes me as well, there actually people who belive them.

[@dorcasnjeri2858]

Ask Sri Lankans for advice

[@user-mh1yc5vc5x]

Drop water red line😂😂😂😂😂

[@osayetadesse9706]

Abo yimachachu 😂

[@toolate6971]

I think this country will go the way of Lebanon or Sri Lanka.

[@ellieryan4372]

It’s crazy! People keep calm and do the right things with honour and decency 🤙🇬🇧

[@madoldmanyelling6420]

Strange to know Qataris worry about human rights in Egypt.

[@madoldmanyelling6420]

... but not in Qatar, baby!!!

[@Olopez82]

Sounds like USA midea.

[@edwardtowers1259]

It is identical but controlled by multiple people of power rather than one🇺🇸 لا شيء كما هو طبقات

[@ricfermi5886]

You can oust a prime minister as many as you want but you're absolutely silenced to speak up against the Queen and the royals and if you dare so to ask to put an end to the Monarchy it won't be different from Egypt or any of those countries you condemn vehemently!

[@jacqueslee2592]

Because The English monarchy is satanic. The queen is a blood drinking vampire.

[@mohamedsalinaina445]

A F Cc who saport USA 🇺🇸 UN Nato

[@fightthepower4648]

Global Declaration of Independence - Fight the Power (KZbin video) offers a unique and viable global solution to global problems such as these! Fixing Democracy: There's a future app for that.

[@harriskhan7671]

how will the sisi gov be feeling after this A.J report?

[@onyedikachimadukaeze2882]

Let Aljazera condemn their own Qatar first before condemning beautiful Egypt

[@harriskhan7671]

@@onyedikachimadukaeze2882 why doesn't the sisi media do the same on Qatar and be brave

[@charlesdaniels4216]

Yes your DNA says you are not Egyptian that you are mostly Europe why are you angry

[@mnscd1657]

they want there agent the british agent

[@k-brick9996]

Just like in Qatar lol ? Funny how this channel keeps quiet about Qatar lol

[@azmanfirdaus7636]

When modern "Firauns" rule, this is what happens...my prayers go to those persecuted in Egypt... irrespective of political or religious affiliation.,...you will fall sooner than you think, El Sissi !... Salaam from Malaysia

[@Mai_TS--_--]

How China bombs you soon.

[@shelbyorphanage9199]

india and egypt , I beg, please release prisoners of war.

[@MohammedAlAmriki]

El Dictator Sisi

[@roniguyana1293]

Democracy really works right?!

[@willymessmann9372]

Invasion by emigration Go get them Without the Orange man it's all yours to take

[@wgeorges793]

You are el idiota

[@user-wt4iu1su3q]

نشات الديهي بقى مشهور!! حاحاحا!!

[@Mike-qb9qt]

Qatar break ur sackales remove ur emperor/Emir

[@leemloak912]

If eygpt country falls this is the river is the last of the minor signs of last days.

[@mnscd1657]

lies

[@f5rwall]

What about quelling dissent in Qatar?

[@wbarney59]

Hope Egypt goes the way of Sri Lanka

[@motazmahmoudegy2148]

Never in your dreams

[@grtinfulleffect8349]

Who were the Mamluks?

[@1LuvCherishLife]

The Arab spring started this whole mess in the world so I won't watch your video maybe the person you speak of should be silenced.

[@juankamara7714]

Am somalian we all are arabes but i love egyptan president.we somalian and sudan we all are arabes

[@SharhbiniRauf]

DO NOT BUILD ANOTHER OBELISK, OR YOU WILL DOWN...!!!

[@mathiuduanggonmei4428]

As long as Eygpt have good relationship with Israel,her economy will be stable,,

[@walterthompson8598]

Too much free speech is a problem…Egyptian has a great President that put the country first…

[@willymessmann9372]

Anyway Human rights are for humans

[@willymessmann9372]

I understand you unlike your president he doesn't have to worry about adult dippers or his smart sohn to blow the howl thing

[@willymessmann9372]

Adult diapers not dippers

[@monsieurpatate1573]

Sisi is a corrupt president not a great president at all and im egyptian

[@_NoobPlayingGames]

And you have the job to blow his member.

[@deanaly2634]

Qatari Muslim brotherhood propaganda