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Will global ‘outrage’ over jailed Al Jazeera journalists turn into CONCRETE action?

Posted on June 24, 2014 By benign0 7 Comments on Will global ‘outrage’ over jailed Al Jazeera journalists turn into CONCRETE action?
Will global ‘outrage’ over jailed Al Jazeera journalists turn into CONCRETE action?

Global outrage has erupted over the harsh prison sentences meted out to Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed last Monday. The three were successfully prosecuted in an Egyptian court for allegedly “undermining” Egypt’s “national security” supposedly by supplying false news and aiding terrorist movements deemed threats to the Egyptian government. Being…

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Reform by mob: does it always work?

Posted on January 29, 2011 By benign0 20 Comments on Reform by mob: does it always work?

Some recent events in Egypt and Tunisia illustrate the whole trouble with street mobs supposedly calling for “reform” – that in a situation described more by anarchy than any sort of clear higher purpose, it becomes difficult to sort the devils from the angels. Reports of looters vandalising ancient Egyptian artifacts and of Tunisian shopkeepers…

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