Sudan’s military coup and the stifling of speech | The Listening Post
Sudan’s flirtation with democracy ends in a coup d’etat – how far will the junta go to control what we know about the story? Contributors: Mohanad Hashim – journalist Jonas Horner – deputy director, Horn of Africa, Crisis Group Yassmin Abdel-Magied, writer and broadcaster Raga Makawi – editor, Africa Arguments On our radar: As Myanmar’s military courts sentence journalists arrested after the coup that removed democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi, producer Nicholas Muirhead talks Richard Gizbert about the release of American journalist Danny Fenster. Eric Zemmour: The political rise of France’s far-right polemicist Far-right French journalist Eric Zemmour has yet to declare himself a presidential candidate – but has he already set the tone for next year’s election? Contributors: Rokhaya Diallo – contributor, C8 and The Washington Post newspaper Christophe Deloire – secretary-general, Reporters Without Borders Aurelien Mondon – associate professor of politics, University of Bath 00:00 Intro 02:15 Sudan’s military coup 11:13 Myanmar’s military courts sentence journalists 13:39 The political rise of Eric Zemmour 24:48 Endnote
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