Inside Story

Over the past five years, Egypt has seen revolution and counter-revolution, a brief spell of civilian rule, then return to military rule. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi led the military coup in 2013. Since then, rights groups say the liberties of Egyptians have been eroded in every way possible. The government has effectively banned protests. Thousands of civilians have been tried in military courts. Hundreds have been sentenced to death following trials which are criticised as unfair. On Inside Story, an in-depth discussion on the human rights situation in Egypt. Presenter: Laura Kyle Guests: Ahmed Badawi, Senior Researcher for the Centre for Middle Eastern and North African Politics at the Free University of Berlin. Timothy Kaldas, Non-Resident Fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Mohamed Khairat, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of news media organisation Egyptian Streets. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

It's been seven years since the civil war in Sri Lanka ended. The 30-year conflict fell largely along ethnic lines. President Maithripala Sirisena has said reconciliation is one of his top priorities, but thousands of ethnic Tamils from the country's north still have not been able to return to their homes. So, what's hampering Sri Lanka's efforts to bring reforms and justice? Presenter: Laura Kyle Guests: D. M. Swaminathan - Sri Lankan Minister of Resettlement Subramaniam Senthilkumar - British Tamils Forum Bhavani Fonseka - Senior Researcher at the Centre for Policy Alternatives More from Inside Story on: YouTube - http://aje.io/insidestoryYT Facebook - https://facebook.com/AJInsideStory Twitter - https://twitter.com/AJInsideStory Website - http://aljazeera.com/insidestory/

A daring attack that targeted a cafe in Dhaka kills 20 foreigners and injures many. Presenter: Laura Kyle Guests: K Anis Ahmed - writer and publisher with the Dhaka Tribune David Bergman - investigative journalist who hass worked with one of Dhaka's National newspapers Shireen Huck - women's rights advocate and member of the Committee for the Protection of Fundamental Rights - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Tesla Motors has reported first fatality involving its 'autopilot' cars. Presenter: Fauziah Ibrahim Guests: Noel Sharkey - professor of artificial intelligence and robotics at the University of Sheffield Anne Lise Kjaer - global futurist focusing on consumer behaviour and needs Sam Abuelsamid - senior analyst on the transportation team at Navigant Research - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Britain has become a divided nation in the wake of a vote to leave the European Union. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is trying to make sure Scotland's voice gets heard. The leader of the Scottish National party has travelled to Brussels for talks with senior EU officials. She's begun pushing for Scots to be able to keep their EU membership after Britain leaves. But she's facing resistance from countries including France and Spain who say the EU should only negotiate membership with independent nations. There also been a significant rise in racist attacks in Britain after the brexit result was announced. So, how are minorities dealing with the backlash? And can Scotland remain in the EU after Britain leaves? - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Both main political parties in UK are suffering leadership crisis and failing to say what happens next after Brexit vote. Presenter: Martine Dennis Guests: Patrick Diamond - vice chair of the Policy Network think tank Tony Travers - director of LSE London, research centre at the London School of Economics Sam Kriss - writer and journalist - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

UNICEF says over 200 million children will die or live in poverty within the next 15 years if they do not get help. Presenter: Martine Dennis Guests: Hussaini Abdu - country director of Plan International in Nigeria Jennifer Kaberi - child development specialist at Children Agenda Forum Kenya Kevin Watkins - executive director of the Overseas Development Institute - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

They were once close allies, before relations soured six years ago when an Israeli naval raid killed 10 Turkish activists. Now, after many months of negotiation, a deal has been reached to restore relations between Israel and Turkey. What do both countries stand to gain from being friends again? And how will the deal be seen in an increasingly troubled region? Presenter: Dareen Abughaida Guests: Daniel Nisman - Head of the Levantine Group, a geopolitical risk and research consultancy Sinan Ulgen - Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Europe - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Spaniards have gone to the polls to try to break six months of political stalemate, three days after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. The unprecedented, repeat general election was caused by the failure of the four main political parties to agree on a coalition government since the election last December. Will the outcome of the new election heal the political divide? And how are new political parties shaking the system? Presenter: Richelle Carey Guests: Arnau Perez Valero - Political Analyst at the public affairs company Llorente y Cuenca Ramon Pacheco Pardo - Senior Lecturer in international relations at King's College London Pau Mari-Klose - Assistant Professor of sociology at the University of Zaragoza - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

A day after British voters decided to leave the European Union, the consequences are slowly coming into focus. Nationalist politicians across Europe are now pushing for their own countries to leave the EU. France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen says French citizens must now also have the 'right to choose'. What does it take to keep the EU together? And how can it prevent others from leaving? Presenter: Richelle Carey Guests: Pieter Cleppe - Head of the Brussels office of the Open Europe think tank Patrice de Beer - Former Editor of Le Monde newspaper Florian Hartleb - Lecturer at Germany's Eichstatt University - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

A majority of Britons vote to leave the European Union. Presenter: Richelle Carey Guests: John Hilary - executive director of War on Want Jonathan Portes - principal research fellow at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research Charlie Wells - European features editor for The Wall Street Journal - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

All eyes are on the UK, as Britons head to the polls to decide whether they want to stay in the European Union, or leave. On the continent, the vote is being watched with much concern. The EU has already been tested to its limits in recent years by a series of financial crises and by the unprecedented movement of refugees and migrants. But if Britons vote to leave, it could prove to be the EU's biggest challenge since its founding. The problem for European officials is that the anger driving anti-EU sentiments in the UK, also exists elsewhere on the continent. A recent Pew survey polled 10,000 people in 10 major EU nations. And it found 'euroskepticism' is on the rise. So, after decades of existence, what's the future of the EU? Presenter: Dareen Abughaida Guests: Pieter Cleppe - Head of the Brussels office for Open Europe. Maria Demertzis - Fellow at the independent research institution, Bruegel. Philipp Rotmann - Associate Director at the Global Public Policy Institute. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Venezuela is unravelling as shortages of almost everything push people to their limits. Almost 90 percent of Venezuelans say they don't have money to buy enough food and many are forced to make do with a single meal a day. Riots and mass lootings are on the rise and calls for President Nicolas Maduro to resign are growing louder. The opposition has begun checking signatures on a petition to start a recall referendum against him. It needs to validate 200,000 signatures or 1 percent of the electorate, to kickstart the process to recall Maduro. After that, 20 percent of voters or around four million people, will need to sign a second petition to trigger the referendum. For it to be successful, an equal or greater number of voters that those who elected the President, will need to vote in favour of a recall. That means more than the roughly 7.5 million votes Maduro received in 2013. But is the opposition a credible alternative to socialist rule? And how is the unrest in Venezuela being viewed regionally? Presenter: Dareen Abughaida Guests: Daniel Fermin - Researcher for the Center of Political Studies at the Andreas Bello Catholic University. Michael McCarthy - Research Fellow at the American University’s Center for Latin American Studies. Vanessa Neumann - Founder and Chief Executive of the trade integrity consultancy firm, Asymmetrica. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

The United Nations marked World Refugee Day on Monday with a new report that says forced displacement reached record levels last year. UNHCR said the number of refugees have reached more than 60 million people last year, or 24 people every minute. So, what's being done to stop so many people from leaving their homeland? Presenter: Dareen Abughaida Guests: Maya Mailer - Oxfam's head of Humanitarian Policy and Campaigns Salim Salamah - Head of the Palestinian League for Human Rights Syria Daphne Bouteillet-Paquet - Senior Legal Officer at the European Council on Refugees and Exiles More from Inside Story on: YouTube - http://aje.io/insidestoryYT Facebook - https://facebook.com/AJInsideStory Twitter - https://twitter.com/AJInsideStory Website - http://aljazeera.com/insidestory/

Okinawa is a small Japanese island with huge strategic value. US soldiers, sailors and air force crew have been based there for decades. And all that time their presence has sowed anger among locals. In their latest protest on Sunday, thousands of Okinawans again demanded the closure of US military bases. They are upset about the recent rape and murder of a local woman. What can the US do to placate Okinawans? And are strategic military bases in the East China Sea facing shutdown? Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault Guests: Tomohiko Taniguchi - Special Adviser to the cabinet of Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister Kozue Akibayashi - Professor of Gender and Peace Studies at Doshisha University Michael Penn - President of Shingetsu News Agency and commentator on Japanese politics - Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/