Stifling A Movement: Sisi puts 237 activists on trial for protesting against him

After Mubarak, the youth of Egypt had received a taste of the power of the collective. Nevertheless, the newly elected President Sisi has learned from his predecessors' mistakes. Systematically, he disbanded any semblance of political awareness among the youth to the point where he recently put 237 activists on trial. What do we learn from this? Social movements will only prevail if the government in power is more concerned with paying attention to criticism for the betterment of the country instead of trying to hold on to office. 

Although many of the civil societies had disbanded after the resignation of Mubarak, there had been many promises made by the newly elected government to delegate with the leaders of social movements. There were some youth coalitions set in place to advocate for their needs and demands, After five years, all traces of such improvements are all but gone.

This just goes to show that a social movement cannot prevail without a platform available. There has to be more acceptance by the government or history will keep repeating itself and the masses shall win