For comedians all over the world, laughter often ends while democracy fades Freedom of expression

The Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef has witnessed that the fanatic governments could control political satire. He had a short message this week for those who live in the era of freedom of expression by Donald Trump: “My fellow American citizens”, written on X. “Welcome to my world”.

In his attacks on the most prominent American satirists, the American President joined a cadre of non -liberal and sensitive leaders around the world who will not tolerate a joke.

The last goal of the critics was a campaign to silence the voices of the opposition is Jimmy Kimmel, who was suspended late at night ABC Talkshow after government pressure. The removal, after weeks of CBS networks, canceled Stephen Colbert’s satirical show, followed another campaign led by Trump on the media and academic circles.

Political enemies of the American President say that the decreasing space for freedom of expression shows that Trump America is heading towards tyranny. Senator Bernie Sanders, Talk to msnbcHe said that the country was on a way to become more like repressive regimes in Russia and Saudi Arabia. “This is just another step forward,” he said.

From the governor of Egypt, Abdel Fahia Al -Sisi, to the Indian People’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, often the laughter of the comedians often ends while democracy is diminished.

One of the most famous international comedians who turned on his head upside down from his political satire is Youssef, who found fame for the first time with a TV program that shaves the Egyptian regime.

Known as “Egyptian John Stewart”, referring to the US host Talkshow, who was inspired by (and it seems), Youssef is the former heart surgeon who has become a familiar name.

But his satire made it a goal from two opposition governments. He was first arrested in April 2013, accused of insulting Islam and Egypt at the time. After months, when Sisi took power by force, Youssef was forced to cancel his offer and flee the country.

Youssef said that his struggle was against the conservative culture of Egypt, like the leaders of its oppressors. He said in an interview with 2015: “We had no space for spelling in Egypt. We have carved our own space. We had to fight for it,” he said in an interview with 2015.

“Because there is no platform, or no space or infrastructure for this type of irony that must be accepted, we have been essentially expelled … We are against generations of people who do not have this type of mentality. For this reason it was an arduous battle for us.”

Comedians often find themselves trapped in national enthusiasm.

In India, which has a history of vibrant and relatively free public discourse, Modi critics argue space to criticize his right -wing national government policies.

The comedians and comedy places have been increasingly arrested in the intersection since the appearance of the Hindu Jaraata Jaraata Party (BJP), which has ruled more than a decade ago.

The police were detained by a Muslim comedy by the police for weeks in 2021 due to the alleged vulgar jokes that insult the Hindu gods – although they were not performing in the exhibition. The comedian Fair Das, a violent reaction later in the same year, and the police reports presented by the Pharaia Jatata Party officials, after monologue, dealt with the country’s contradictions with women’s rights and religion.

The police in Mumbai recorded a criminal case against a comedy in 2017 due to a tweet from a photo of Moody that was modified by the famous dog candidate in Snapchat, giving him the nose and dog ears.

Similar cases appeared in Russia, including a position of Azerbaijani origin and Belarus, Idrak Mirzalizade, who was arrested for 10 days and after that Prohibited For a joke about the open racism in Russia.

It seems that comedy can be treated by some as a national crime.

The Turkish government requested a German comic prosecution in 2016 to perform a sarcastic poem from its president. In the program late at night, it was shown by the German broadcaster ZDF, Jean Bouheerman sat in front of the Turkish flag under a small image framed by the pavement, Tayyip Erdogan, and read a poem accusing the chief of repression of minority and “kicking Kurdin”.

Erdogan’s lawyer Michael Hubertus von Springer wanted to impose a complete ban on the poem, and Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, was criticized at the time, on a large scale for appearing on the demands of Ankara.

“He commented for me [and] She served me to eat tea “to Erdogan, and she risked harmful freedom in Germany. The charges against him were dropped and he was granted police protection.