⭕"ALICE AU PAYS DES COLONS" - #BLAST SORT SON PREMIER FILM AU CINÉMA En suivant #Alice et #Alaa dans leur quotidien, le film éclaire deux trajectoires qui se croisent sans se rencontrer, deux formes de courage face à une machine d’occupation toujours plus brutale.

@RobertoArchimboldi
I think #Alaa was right to disavow and delete some jibes that followed Khaled Said killing etc, but yes context was almost totally absent from the deranged UK shitstorm.

The faux outrage engendered real outrage, apparently to undermine human rights. 'crushing dissent', intimidating those in Europe from the liberty to speak honestly before removing it, is one purpose, but I suspect it's more complicated. Who, why and when were the 286,000 tweets by Alaa dredged through?

@davidnjoku

In the case of #Alaa, stripping British citizenship would not only be arbitrary punishment and interference in rights based on a few words, it would also help protect authoritarian governments in the Arab world.

The body of Alaa's work is unquestionably anti-racist, so would question which are the racist tweets.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/09/egypt-ensure-alaa-abdel-fattah-is-not-detained-after-completing-length-of-unjust-prison-term/

Egypt must ensure Alaa Abdel Fattah is not detained after completing prison term

Alaa Abdel Fattah has spent most of the last decade being repeatedly arrested and unjustly imprisoned simply for peacefully exercising his human rights.

Amnesty International

to sign a contract; otherwise, they would have been imprisoned or killed. They were promised that they would not fight, but they were deceived.

As soon as he arrived in #Kupiansk, he immediately fled and surrendered to #Ukrainian soldiers. #Alaa also shared that #Russians treat foreigners disgustingly, and they are often subjected to abuse and beatings.

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

Family reunites as activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah freed after years in prison

Prominent pro-democracy Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has reunited with his family after spending years in prison. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi pardoned him and five others on Monday, following appeals from the National Council for Human Rights. Abd el-Fattah's sister, Sanaa Seif, expressed relief Tuesday at his release. His mother, Laila Soueif, had previously gone on a hunger strike as part of the family's international campaign that advocated for his release. The family is now adjusting to his freedom, with plans to resume their lives.

AP News
El instigador egipcio-británico Alaa Abd El-Fattah libertino posteriormente de Sisi Pardón | Informativo de derechos humanos – ButterWord

Alaa Abd El-Fattah is considered to be among the most high-profile political prisoners held in Egypt’s prisons.

ButterWord

@phatcontroller @greysquirrel

Many other thinkers would agree with Tesla. Even if there is a technological equivalent of 'ars grata artis', the current race to the bottom means at least that technical innovation needs democratic control.

#Alaa recognises the value of Luddites.
https://www.accessnow.org/letter-alaa-abd-el-fattah-unlike-not-defeated-yet/
You can be a Luddite geek.

Letter from Alaa Abd El-Fattah to RightsCon: "Unlike me, you have not been defeated yet" - Access Now

In a letter to RightsCon, Alaa Abd El-Fattah says we shouldn't give up fighting for an internet of diversity and complexity.

Access Now

In 2008, I was running the Hub, the “world’s first #humanrights video site”, and I had the great fortune to meet and speak with both Wael Abbas and #Alaa Abd El-Fattah, whose work exposing police brutality in #Egypt had caused absolute shockwaves. #FreeAlaa

Here’s a brief extract on Wael’s YT channel, with Alaa closing it out from 4 mins (I’ll see if I can find the original files with the whole interview w Wael and Alaa):

https://youtu.be/VShnSpsYcQE

Wael Abbas interviewed by The Hub

YouTube