Amy Goodman
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Alaa Abdel Fattah, Egyptian Blogger and Critic of Military Regime, Speaks Out After Release
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24:06Now Playingwww.democracynow.org — Alaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent Egyptian revolutionary activist and blogger, has been released from prison after nearly two months behind bars. Fattah was ordered jailed by a military court on October 30 and summoned to face charges that included inciting violence — a charge he firmly denies. He refused to cooperate, rejecting the legitimacy of the military court who wanted to try him as a civilian. Democracy Now! speaks to Fattah about the Egyptian revolution's ongoing struggle against the military regime and his ordeal in one of Egypt's worst prisons, which prevented him from attending the birth of his first son. Fattah's trial comes just as Egypt's ousted leader, Hosni Mubarak, returns to a Cairo courtroom today to face charges over the deaths of 840 protesters during the uprising against his rule. "What comes next might be even tougher and even more difficult," Fattah says, "but I don't think that this revolution is going to end without really completely renegotiating the order of power in Egypt and across the Arab world."
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