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#DD12: Arabs Want Security Before Rights and Freedoms?

The second installment of Munathara Policy Debates series raised one of the defining issues of modern public life in the Arab world: the balance between security and stability on the one hand and rights and freedoms on the other.

Broadcast live on Al Jazeera Mubasher, the debate featured two remarkable young finalists from among the 292 youth participants from Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, and Jordan who submitted 99-second videos during Musabaqat #DD12, Munathara online debate competition. Tunisia' Hana Kotti, 23, paired with Olfa Ayari, the prominent security analyst and president of the Tunisian prison guardsҠunion, to argue in favor of prioritizing security. On the opposing side, Egypt' Yasser Wael, 19, teamed up with Hassan al-Amin, the award-winning human rights activist and former member of the Libya' General National Council (GNC).

A major cause of the protests that became the Arab Spring was the oppression, humiliation, and absence of personal freedoms that many Arab citizens suffered at the hands of their governments. Nearly four years later, however, the deterioration of security and the return of repressive forms of governance has led many in the region to believe that security must be prioritized over personal freedoms. Without security, they argue, neither freedom nor stability can be achieved. People on the other side of the debate argue that the continuation of repression and injustice makes instability inevitable and that security will only come when the peoples of the region genuinely enjoy their rights and freedoms.

The #DD12 debate, which was animated and passionate but always respectful, was moderated by the Egyptian broadcast journalist Karema Awad. It addressed issues of torture, terrorism, militia rule, arbitrary arrests, free speech, freedom of the press, and the fundamental aspirations of Arab citizens. At the beginning of the debate, 58 percent of the studio audience were in favor of security first while 42 percent supported prioritizing rights and freedoms. By the end of the debate, 56 percent of the audience supported rights and freedoms first versus 44 percent who still prioritized security. For persuading so much of the audience to change their minds adopt a new position, the rights-and-freedoms-first team of Yasser Wael and Hassan al-Amin was declared the winner of #DD12.

The team against the motion won the debate, the audience voted in the end of the debate: 44% for the motion - 56% against the motion

==ar== في هذه المناظرة، نناقش أولويات الشعوب العربية وتوازنها بين الأمن والحقوق والحريات

انتهت الحلقة بفوز الفريق المؤيد للأطروحة حيث كانت نتيجة التصويت النهائي: 44% مع الأطروحة - 56% ضد الأطروحة

==en== #DD12: Do Arabs Want Security Before Rights and Freedoms? ==ar== DD12: هل يريد العرب الأمان قبل الحقوق والحريات؟
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Speakers For:

Olfa Ayari
Hana Kotti

Speakers Against:

Hassan al-Amin
Yasser Wael

Moderator

Karema Awad

Location

Tunis, Tunisia

Language

Egyptian, Tunisian, and Modern Standard Arabic
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