Mubarak trial: politics or justice? - Part 2

Few can envy the job of Egyptian judge Ahmed Rafat. It is up to him to decide whether Hosni Mubarak, the man who ruled for thirty years, goes to the gallows or not, over the deaths of hundreds of protesters in this year's revolution. The trial has been adjourned, once again to September the 5th. Laura Baines and her panel discuss the significance of the trial for Egypt's political future.

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Heba Fatma MORAYEF, Researcher, Human Rights Watch in Cairo
Myra MAHDY DARIDAN, Egyptian author
Christopher DICKEY, Newsweek Magazine's Paris Bureau Chief
Ashraf HEGAZY, Executive director of the Dubai Initiative at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Amr SHALAKANY, Professor of Law, American University of Cairo and Cairo University
watch the first part here

Presenter

François Picard

16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press (part 2)

In the face of recession and dismal poll numbers, the French president promises to go on the offensive, but by staging his grand bi-annual press conference one day after a trip to Brussels, does François Hollande give the impression he’s come with his marching orders?

16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press

15/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

I spy, you spy

And you thought the Cold War was over. Beyond cloak-and-dagger tales of blonde wigs and bags of money, the expulsion of an alleged US spy highlights the continued and unabated mistrust between Moscow and Washington.

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14/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Riots in Paris: why Paris Saint-Germain title celebrations turned sour (part 2)

A case of poorly-anticipated hooliganism, or were Monday's Right Bank riots symptomatic of a deeper-rooted problem in France that goes well beyond football? François Picard's panel looks at how Paris Saint-Germain's past could haunt its new Qatari owners.