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Hala Shukrallah

HARDtalk: Hala Shukrallah

26/03/2014 GMT

BBC News - HARDtalk, Hala Shukrallah

Sarah Montague speaks to Hala Shukrallah, President of the Egyptian Constitution Party.

HARDtalk speaks to Hala Shukrallah, the newly elected leader of the Constitution Party, founded to 'save' the revolution of three years ago. Does Egypt deserve a better opposition?

More than 500 supporters of Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi were sentenced to death this week. It's the latest crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood - now banned under the country's new constitution. HARDtalk speaks to the newly elected leader of a party founded to 'save' the revolution of three years ago. Hala Shukrallah is the first female leader of a political party in Egypt and the first Christian. But in a country polarised between the military and Islamists, the liberal secular opposition have struggled to gain support. Does Egypt deserve a better opposition?

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