egypt is a key u.s. ally and a major european business partner western countries are often accused of overlooking egypt's human rights record and its disregard of the rule of law because of the country's geo political economic and strategic importance. a case in point is that of an italian ph d. student from the university of cambridge julio regime who disappeared in cairo on the 25th of january 26th. the young italian was found dead 9 days later in a ditch on the city's outskirts his half naked body bore the signs of heavy torture . elton of angela talked with outdoor. in foster care other daughter toward the. north east i mean to the to what ed of am and what i am and of every dollar i come up with a song of. their own that office incipit case they are. the day regina went missing a major security operation was underway in cairo to control protests marking the 5th anniversary of the revolution. the italian authorities suspected that regime e had been arrested that night but the egyptian government deni

documenting human rights violations has become very dangerous in egypt. since 2030 over 500 online news outlets have been shut down 8 journalists have been killed while covering demonstrations adelies 32 journalists and bloggers are currently detained some facing a possible death penalty case the hype said the show short. lived a little b.c. the cluelessly wedding of a child they thought. that was her little. girl is a. the to say we do it you can is military and also. to say we have found that when i was. going to be able to take this individual that it impeded people batak if you that there were any stones or many struggle to hold that was a duty to show that. it does so vocally nice that he did many things he had to do other than want to do with one opposed to drill for oil for the good father to pursue and you have about what they lived with us into the odd one in the winters but yeah them in point as well. so that if you need it they don't east. wind up with when i gave up they thought i have the laddie will soon to have a unit they could live with o

without charge or trial after almost 3 and a half years the united nations has called in egypt to end hussein's arbitrary detention and release him immediately let's bring in dalia for me she's an associate professor of political science at law and university and a senior fellow at the center for global policy in washington d.c. and she joins us via skype from new jersey dalia good to have you back on the program so what do you make then of this move by the egyptian president 3000 prisoners pardoned but non political prisoners or journalists what's this telling us about the value of freedom and justice in egypt do you think. so the president has been using this system of targeting on high holidays or national holidays as a way to kind of signify to society that he's doing something so to say on the eve of that you get holiday we see over $3000.00 pardons again as you said not a single one of them is a political prisoner or any journalist rather they are common criminals and so if you look at for example the former police man who has been pardoned for the death of the lebanese singer w

in egypt you saw very different circumstance. once the egyptian muslim brothers were in power they were not willing to bring in nonislamists in important roles in the government. they were paranoid, with reason. they had enemies but they were scared to the point where they said we who the election which the hadn't won. we are going to force it through. when they crime time for them to do to constitution they forced their constitution threw in three weeks. it took the tunisians almost a year and a half to get a constitution done. a long, slow, steps forward, three steps back because of everybody negotiating. i think that contingency matters and it matters you have leadership on both side in the tunisia so say nothing but civil society and that had bed it circumstances than egypt. >> we move to political islam and islamist movement, you make an argument about the future of democratic islamist movement or democratic political islam. so i would be very interested to hear you about the -- [inaudible] -- versus the radical islamist of

planes with precious food into egypt.record time the egyptian government have the entire population immunized. six put into isolation wards. affected areas were methodically disinfected. and within three months, completely eradicated from egypt. ♪ in the internal battle, the struggle has been won, won by international cooperation. but there is a tremendous test before us. a test for all people, by all people. the lives of little children, too, must he saved, that mothers might yet smile in a new world. cdcounded in 1946, the worked with state health departments to combat the spread of disease. up next on real america, from this early cdc promotional film describes how the organization confronted the most serious threat to u.s. help at the time, including malaria, polio, ringworm, influenza and typos. the film includes graphic scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers.

and a reminder al jazeera journalist likely to say remains jailed and egypt without charges or trial after almost 3 and a half years united nations has called on egypt to and hussein's arbitrary detention and release him immediately. tell you fahmy is an associate professor of political science at long island university he says the move is a gamble to show his doing something for society so the president has been using the system of hardening on high holidays or national holidays as a way to kind of signify to society that he's doing something so today on the eve of the holiday we see over 3000 pardons not a single one of them with a prisoner or any journalist rather they are common criminals now let's look at what's actually happening in egypt there are over $60000.00 political prisoners what used to be generation protests is now known and generation jail he's had to build 16 more prisons to hold the sheer volume of prisoners there are 37 journalists currently being held in your call amnesty international just released their report on egypt saying that today journalism is a crime th

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without charges or trial after almost 3 and a half years the united nations has called in egypt to end hussein's arbitrary detention and release him immediately. there's been protests across spain calling for corona virus restrictions to be lifted more quickly spain's prime minister has promised the country will reopen to international tourism in july but there sanchez also announced the top flight football will restart on june 8th lockdown instructions are gradually loosening but a state of emergency is still in force bought iraq has more now from madrid. the provinces in spain are holding today to bring to the far right party house called all these people who are in there are wearing they're waving their spanish symbol on the right wing parties to your eye and. that has. to do nation seem to spain's well we talked about the left on the right these people are asking the spanish government to resign they're blaming him from the mishandling of the whole poor on a virus crisis saying. this government just taking them to the marine they're ruining it spanish economy people they're saying

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egypt has pardoned more than 3000 prisoners to coincide with the holiday about them as a hit man who murdered lebanese singer susie suzanne to me and then to buy in 2008 on the orders of a former egyptian m.p. the activist charnel us know little prisoners have been released from the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera risking it all borneo it's next. to 0 to 0. let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen really listen this is the moment you stop already 30 action this is the moment you mention strains on the fighting everybody we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories the. 0.

a hit man who murdered the lebanese singer suzanne tamim in dubai in 2008 on the orders of former egypt m.p. mustafa no activists journalists or political prisoners have been released. one of the journalists jailed in egypt has al-jazeera as mom put her saying he's been detained for almost 3 and a half years without charge or trial they are not in nations has called in egypt to end hussein's arbitrary detention and release him immediately but only if he is an associate professor of political science at long island university she says the move is a gamble from sisi to show he's doing something for society so the president has been using this system of hardening on high holidays or national holidays as a way to kind of signify to society that he's doing something so today on the eve of the holiday we see over 3000 pardons not a single one of them with a prisoner or any journalist rather they are common criminals now let's look at what's actually happening and there are over $60000.00 resumes what used to be generation protests is now known and john recent jail he's had to build 16 more ch

egypt's president of the fatah r.c.c. has approved changes to the state of emergency would transform and security agencies expanded powers the government says the new measures are needed to combat the pride of our south break from the rights groups disagree with. pakistan has started lifting lockdown measures despite the number of daily infections reaching a new high there are fears over the state of the economy that it's slipping into a recession. the corona virus has infected more than 30 percent of the inmates and staff at a prison in central colombia affairs now the outbreak could expand to the rest of the city of via the sense you. see reports from bogota for now using your already was one of the most overcrowded prisons in colombia now it has become one of the main hotspots of coronavirus contagion and in 700 inmates in guards that so far tested positive for more than 30 percent of the prison population detainee says he tested negative to the virus by remains held with the sick. there is no place here it's why so la

planes with precious food into egypt.cord time the egyptian government have the entire population immunized. in the affected areas were methodically disinfected. and within three months, completely eradicated from egypt. ♪ in the internal battle, the struggle has been won, won by international cooperation. but there is a tremendous test before us. a test for all people, by all people. the lives of little children, , that mothersaved might yet smile in a new world. >> you can watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety on our weekly series america"rica -- "reel on american history tv. american history tv is on c-span every weekend featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. here's a clip from a recent program. viruses -- and there are many different kinds of them, can be scattered with each particle of saliva and mucus. when one sneezes or coughs, do not think for a moment that cold producing viruses are spread only by sneezing and coughing. if by some magic

and egypt as part more than $3000.00 prisoners to coincide with the holiday among them is a hit man who murdered lebanese singer suzanne to me meant to buy in 2008 activists from less or political prisoners have been released. there been protests across spain calling for chronic viruses dictions to be lifted faster spain's prime minister has promised to the country will reopen to international tourism and july pedro sanchez also announced the top flight football will restart on june 8th lockdown restrictions are gradually loosening but a state of emergency that is still in effect there been protests across spain with calls to reopen more quickly or to herrera was at a demonstration in madrid. 50 provinces in spain are holding today to start on off protests got the far right folks party household all these people are in there are wearing they're waving their spanish flag a symbol of the right wing parties to your eye and. that has deeply to do nation send it to spain is what we talk about the left on the right all these people are asking the spanish government to resign they're blaming h

colombia coronas impact on venezuelan michael's egypt we're learning about corona can be fun but we begin in germany where the homeless it's become even harder to survive on the streets due to the corona crisis . and aid organization is trying to provide them with the basics. warm meals have become scarcer than usual for homeless people these days most soup kitchens and shelters have closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. meet cellos one of those hardest hit but life on the streets has become even more difficult for the 19 year old from belgium. if putin yesterday make far less money from begging because people are keeping their distance and don't want to talk to us so begging or even collecting bottles is not possible anymore very few people still go out on the streets and those who do don't want to give us money. when they're already meager income streams drying up and soup kitchens closed new ways have to be found to provide or sleeping rough with the b. are essential to aid organization karuna is delivering care packages by bicycle it's also using technology to reach out to those

he got wrong, badly got egypt wrong, as indeed did kennedy get egypt wrong. you could argue that the first american president that understood the middle east was lyndon johnson. eisenhower was hostile to israel. he regarded israel as a cause of instability, and he was particularly angry about the '56 war. i wouldn't say that he was necessarily lacking in understanding of the world. as president, and the same thing is true of modern presidents, he focused on what seemed to be the major issue. and to him, the major issue was relations with the soviet union, which is not surprising. i mean, it's the soviet union that had intercontinental ballistic missiles pointing at the united states. it would have been rather bothering if he had regarded the principal challenge to the united states as egypt, which it clearly was not. the other thing that's worth bearing in mind about the cold war is eisenhower's domestic policies were also to do with the cold war. there is a canard in america that civil rights was an achievement essentially of the '60s, and that's because tha

to marry you for egypt we know that egypt has been one of the waters jailer of jordan is now since 2 so the no 13 and the government had to use every possible excuse to go after john and it's there and this time they basically are trying to do in the manner of taking videos and pictures of military look ation in this case it's the tora prison where the many journalists and the political activists have been ok in jail but just let me just jump in quickly their share of because as you say we know she was arrested outside the prison where this prominent activist abdel fatah is being held what more do we know about any abuse of his legal rights and his health condition in prison. he has written very. few times when he was allowed to speak up and when his family was able to hear from him but just in for example the fact that he was beaten and stripped naked when he was arrested and he was told by police that he will never see the light again and there was also a lot of news that happened over the last 6 weeks including his family trying to access him. have the rights of visitation have hi

supply if it's still too quickly to morgan is in the sudanese capital khartoum she says sudan once egypt and ethiopia to resume talks before the reservoir is put to use. what sudan has rejected is not signing a complete agreement because that was not what was proposed by if you appear if you peer proposed signing a partial agreement that would say pave the way for rights to start filling the dam and said that they could negotiate the rest of the feeling as they go on that something sudan says is not going to be possible because to start filling the dam there should be a cooperation agreement between the 3 countries as well as other legal agreements several rounds of talks between the 3 parties have been held here in her term last year all of them resulted in deadlocks which was why the talks were moved to the united states in late december early january now the 3 sides met along with the u.s. counterparts there in the u.s. in washington and they have agreed on a schedule to fill the dam but they were not were able to work out many details such as how to operate during drought season and

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in egypt, and other countries of the region. dictators who us preconceived is of the region. they safety their means, the modernizing man looked in a suit or the fundamentalist crazies. that is a not the minor choice that is available in the region. i think we need to have more faith in the region. >> were pastor do in terms of time we were going to have this talk together, i would like to thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much for having me, this is the center of the united states but the rest of the country does not know is lawyerly see it this way. we appreciate you coming all the way from washington or beirut. >> thank you so much for having me, it was a pleasure being here tonight.type the authors name i search bar at the top of the page. it is great to be here with you all to celebrate and discuss an excellent new book by one of our country's most original and insightful economic thinkers. amity shlaes. over the course of her

manage to expel the crusaders from egypt. what has some of that our wealth and what is them and they not know to what many of our money one thought besides thought it had been shut up or for was out of that all the. ethanol i mean someone by the has a. solid again. within 2 years of succeeding his uncle should cool as a physio. had been made the momentous move bringing an end to 2 and a half centuries of the fatima. he declared egypt's loyalty to the sunni are best at colorful but the. making it an integra part of a single state. a state now large and strong enough to carry out new dean's grand plans to expose the crusaders . a shell must. remember. the holiday inn at the gather the standard form of fidel has a right home and go off at the office i must note again who would make as a robot. with noted dean now in control of egypt the dream of reconquering jerusalem seemed very close. but the mission of liberating the holy city was soon to pass to his kurdish deputy in egypt. he has a thought i believe that can i say the only

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get to later on today then those showers run in again from the eastern med cut the catch northern egypt as well temperatures in the low twenty's fairly dry picture for most places obviously as it is throughout north africa now you don't see much cloud in morocco robots temperatures dropping about 10 degrees so monday's $24.00 is rather more normal $32.00 is not which is sunday's temperature and threats of the sahara desert course is just a breeze this time the year's hot in the sahara were up in the low forty's which is where we should be in chad and the jet there are showers of course running into this part of africa tropical africa and nigeria they are back and the certainly along the coast further west abidjan has got showers or thunderstorms every day. a lot again of saladin control don't know well if that is tremendous for the country to live in can a us determined to conclude you to salute at the point of the sword to avenge its people slaughtered 88 years earlier he smashes the frankish army catches the king of jerusalem he sees is the true cross and this is the great military vi

egypt's president. has grown to himself new power and extended the reach of security agencies under the existing state of emergency will be able to a suspend university classes and ban protests of the patients and other forms of assembly he could in private meetings the government says it's among measures to deal with corona virus but rights groups say the virus is being used as an excuse to expand authoritarian rule the death of the filmmaker who was detained for 2 years without trial that's renewed calls for the release of political prisoners. well timothy called us as a nonresident fellow at the torah institute for middle east policy and he says that successive egyptian governments have used emergencies to get extra power sure i mean egypt in some form or another has been a state of emergency for over 60 years with very few respite from that. often times the authorities will use real problems and as an excuse to dramatically expand its powers and justify series of measures that may have nothing to do

egypt's president of the south and says he has granted himself on security agency's new powers under the existing state of emergency be able to suspend university classes and ban protests celebrations and other forms of assembling pleading private meetings the government says it's among measures to deal with current virus rights groups say the virus is being used as an excuse to expand or for its hereon rule to me the count us is a non resident fellow at the top layer institute for middle east policy he says successive egyptian governments have used emergencies to gain power. sure i mean egypt in some form or another has been a state of emergency for over 60 years with very few respites from that. oftentimes the authorities will use real problems and as an excuse to dramatically expand its powers and justify series of measures that may have nothing to do with the problem in question as we're seeing in some of the measures undertaken in this particular emergency law authorization and so human rights watch is rightfully concerned that the authorities once again are trying to add to the

so i didn't set out from egypt heading for the live rounds. he would bring the thing gets under his command by force of arms. then. the whole. ordeal. didn't. convey our defense. all they feel is no deal at the emmys. 1174 both neurontin and the king of jerusalem died while for the christians the death of america 1st a very very powerful military important king meant that the throne went to boulder and a 4th. with a mere boy suffering from leprosy now on the throne of jerusalem a struggle broke out among the nobility over who should be the regent. guy of losing your. or reynold of shutting your. but it was raymond the 3rd count of tripoli who took the prize he quickly signed a truce with saliva dean. so again another author let me i'll look at the insulin being top of the moment. when disastrous and i wash up i should wash of am come on not until i let. it be printed that. accumulate minute. of the some of the rufus years he is. getting and went on after a few that he got here in atlanta in the summer had gania who can do to morrow is so hard

customary for egypt we know that because it has been one of the warders deliberative journalists now since 2 so than a 13 and the government have used every possible excuse to go after jonas then this time they basically are trying to bring in the manner of speaking videos and pictures of military look aisha in this case. it isn't many will not it's political activists have been in jail egypt will even be enforcing a stricter curfew for the muslim festival of weed starting next week shops beaches and parks will remain closed egypt has reported nearly $12000.00 kona vises bodies cases and more than $600.00 deaths the race to produce a vaccine is a global priority and it will be discussed at a 2 day world health assembly beginning on monday as countries work around the clock the u.k. has placed over $100000000.00 towards the mass production of vaccines running challenge has more from london. the government badly botched the messaging over the easing of its lockdown restrictions leaving many people confused and a poll suggests that most people now think that the u.k. government is doing