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Title Dateline: Teddy Bear Democrats/Tourism On Trial/School For A Dollar
Published Australia : SBS ONE, 2012
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Summary When activists dropped teddies with pro-democracy slogans on Belarus, what's dubbed Europe's last dictatorship went to great lengths to silence the protest; As Egypt's tourist industry already struggles post-revolution, some Islamists want the Pyramids covered and people segregated and; Many children in Nepal never get a full education, but one man is determined to change that with his low-cost private schools.TEDDY BEAR DEMOCRATSOn Tuesday's Dateline, the story the Belarussian Government didn't want you to see. To challenge what's dubbed the last dictatorship in Europe, a maverick advertising company in Sweden set about a provocative stunt to illegally cross the border by plane and drop almost 800 teddy bears carrying pro-democracy messages. After filming the story, video journalist Amos Roberts had his camera equipment confiscated by the authorities; others who tried to make it public were arrested; and the Belarussian Government denied for three weeks that the teddy drop had even happened. But undeterred, Amos brings Dateline the story behind the audacious protest and the cover-up that followed, and looks at the conditions faced by people living under the iron rule of Alexander Lukashenko since 1994.TOURISM ON TRIALNearly two years after the uprising which overthrew Egyptian President Mubarak, a new battle has emerged over the country's multi-million dollar tourism industry. Egypt used to depend on tourists for around ten per cent of its income, but the unrest has led to thousands of trips being cancelled and a sharp drop in new bookings. On Tuesday's Dateline, Fouad Hady reports on the impact for the thousands of people dependent on tourism, and he finds a new challenge from some of the hardline Islamists now in power. They want to see men and women segregated on the beach, and even want the pyramids covered up as they're deemed offensive. With so much of Egypt's way of life at stake, how will the country turn the tourism tide?SCHOOL FOR A DOLLARPoverty in Nepal means that five per cent of children never even start school, and only a small proportion of youngsters actually finish their education. But one man has set out to change that, with his Samata Shiksha Niketan (Education For All) private schools charging just a dollar a month. On Tuesday's Dateline, Aela Callan meets former Bollywood actor Uttam Sanjal, who now has 19 'bamboo' schools and plans for many more. It's an indication of the crisis in Nepalese education, where political infighting and industrial disputes overshadow the work of state schools. But Uttam admits some of his staff haven't been paid for months, so where is the rest of the money coming from, and is his eternal optimism enough to carry off this education revolution?
Event Broadcast 2012-10-23 at 21:30:00
Notes Classification: NC
Subject Education.
Freedom of speech.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Private schools -- Fees.
Protest movements.
Tourism.
Nepal.
Egypt.
Belarus.
Form Streaming video
Author Davis, Mark, host
Callan, Aela, reporter
Hady, Fouad, reporter
Roberts, Amos, reporter
al-Shahad, Abdul, contributor
Cromwell, Per, contributor
Doroshkevich, Yulia, contributor
Erian, Nagui, contributor
Fetime, Sheikh, contributor
Frey, Hannah Lina, contributor
Karlsson, Linda, contributor
Mazetti, Tomas, contributor
Mohammed, Shekphul, contributor
Pahari, Salomy, contributor
Phnuyal, Bimal Kumar, contributor
Saalam, Abdis, contributor
Sanjel, Uttam, contributor
Sherpa, Pema, contributor
Suryapin, Anton, contributor
Vinogradov, Pavel, contributor