Australian journalist Peter Greste: The Alaa Abd el-Fattah I know is a humanitarian
Australian journalist Peter Greste: The Alaa Abd el-Fattah I know is a humanitarian
I see that the hard right have decided to be upset that Egyptian revolutionary Alla Abd El-Fatteh once tweeted that we should kill all cops and Zionists.
I do think that something strange has happened to mainstream discourse. They are really scared of dissent. Nobody thinks that these tweets are a problem. Everybody, or almost everybody, thinks that lethal violence (killing) is justified in some circumstances, against some agents.
The British government flies reconnaissance flights over Gaza to support Israel in their war against Hamas (in reality to facilitate the complete destruction of Gaza). They think that in the circumstances people must be killed. It is not a radical position. The difference between Badenoch and El-Fatteh is who they want dead. (I would be very surprised if Kemi opposed the US killings in Nigeria).
This faux outrage serves only one purpose. It is to crush dissent. The Palestine solidarity movement with its call to globalise the intifada terrifies those in power. They know that there is a growing anti-colonialist movement that has serious revolutionary potential and they are scared. It must be deligitimised.
Statement by Alaa Abdel Fattah @alaaosh on the old tweets dug up by Conservative and Reform MPs the second day he set foot in the UK after 10 years of prison in Egypt. Some called for revoking his citizenship.
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Die Links dazu:
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/you-have-not-yet-been-defeated-2
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09HBHT7RP
https://books.apple.com/gb/book/you-have-not-yet-been-defeated/id6449913917
Happiest video in months #FreeAlaa https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NndJKMiZl94
Wow finally a tiny bit of good news in my feed this morning. Alaa Abdel Fattah is free! #FreeAlaa
https://systemli.social/@anneroth/115252784810419337
#FreeAlaa has become #AlaaFree.
Best news in a long time.
British-Egyptian activist Alaa...
Alaa is free. #freealaa
Below are photos of Alaa Abdel Fattah free and at home with his sister, Sanaa, and mother, Laila. It’s wonderful to see his beautiful smile again! (Photos via his sister, Mona, on X) #FreeAlaa
This is the best news. Alaa Abdel Fattah has been released from prison. #FreeAlaa came true today. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/22/british-egyptian-activist-alaa-abd-el-fattah-to-be-freed-from-prison
My feed reader today 🎉😊
May Alaa Abdel Fattah live the rest of his life free.
🎁🔗 #FreeAlaa
wapo.st/46zoDuT
Egypt’s president pardons jail...
and massive props and hugs to the #FreeAlaa team and his family who fought for years for this (yes, years). freealaa.net
Freedom For /
@freealaa.bsky.social woohoo!! Finally: Amnesty granted to Alaa Abd el-Fattah! #freeAlaa
Egypt: President Sisi pardons jailed activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNDDWY #Egypt #AlaaAbdElFattah #HumanRights #FreeAlaa #Activism
Une excellente nouvelle ! Alaa Abd El-Fattah sera bientôt libre !
J'avais rencontré sa soeur lors de la #COP27 en Egypte pendant que ce dernier était en grève de la faim.
C'est une magnifique nouvelle pour lui et ses proches.