Episode 15 of the @ArabTyrantMan'ual is here! Yes you caught that right, it's about how @GaryLineker helped an Iranian political prisoner. Some highlights in coming tweets:
Jump to: 0:36 soundcloud.com/arabtyrantmanu… - Why - and how - celebrities can help human rights. In this case, how @GaryLineker made a big difference to Iranian political prisoner @arashsadeghi18. Also, who is Arash and what is his story?
(The section from there on not only has Arash's story, but really lays out a model for how activists can work with influencers and celebrities to create real, tangible, changes for human rights cases)
Jump to: 9:51 soundcloud.com/arabtyrantmanu… - How dictatorships cast doubt over human rights cases to inhibit solidarity and action
(Click through the links to go straight to the timestamp; if you play it embedded in Twitter it may not jump there)
Jump to: 10:35 soundcloud.com/arabtyrantmanu… - How the Iranian regime (and other dictatorships) use the death penalty to intimidate their societies into silence
Jump to: 10:51 soundcloud.com/arabtyrantmanu… - How Saddam's war on Iran (the Iraq-Iran war) saved Khomeini's regime (wider point, how war helps dictatorships shut down civil society)
Jump to: 12:27 soundcloud.com/arabtyrantmanu… - The case of Saeed Malekpour, or how the Iranian regime went to war on the internet, and found an innocent fall guy to persecute and make an example out of
(That last section is shocking, sad, and also incredibly insightful as to the workings of dictatorship. How dictatorships are threatened with mediums of free expression and would do anything to subvert them or shut them down).
Jump to: 26:40 soundcloud.com/arabtyrantmanu… - The personal toll that human rights work can take on activists, and the importance of self-care, solidarity, and collaboration. Also, the importance of sponsoring and investing in human rights activists.
Jump to: 34:40 soundcloud.com/arabtyrantmanu… The right way to activate celebrities in human rights campaigning, and the counter-example of @lindsaylohan (that now-infamous Erdogan picture)
Jump to: 37:21 soundcloud.com/arabtyrantmanu… - Why people who live in open societies have a greater responsibility to help the cause of human rights and freedom around the world
Jump to: 37:59 soundcloud.com/arabtyrantmanu… - "We're not free until we're all free", the connectedness of human rights struggles across the Middle East and across the world
Overall this has been one of my favorite episodes and I hope you'll like it too. Please listen, share, and give us your comments. I hope @GaryLineker gives it a listen too!
