EGYPT-JAZEERA/JOURNALISTS FILE Verdict in retrial of Al Jazeera journalists due this weekend

Record ID: 142158

  • Title: EGYPT-JAZEERA/JOURNALISTS FILE Verdict in retrial of Al Jazeera journalists due this weekend
  • Date: 28th August 2015
  • Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (FILE - MAY 22, 2014) (REUTERS) COURTROOM WITH DETAINED JOURNALISTS IN CAGE VARIOUS OF DETAINED JOURNALISTS IN CAGE VARIOUS OF COURT SESSION IN PROGRESS VARIOUS OF DETAINED JOURNALISTS IN CAGE MEDIA TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS VARIOUS OF DETAINED JOURNALISTS IN CAGE CAIRO, EGYPT (FILE - JANUARY 1, 2015) (REUTERS) POLICE TRUCK OUTSIDE COURT JOURNALISTS STANDING OUTSIDE COURT EXTERIOR OF COURT MARWA OMARA, FIANCEE OF MOHAMED FAHMY SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FIANCEE OF JAILED JOURNALIST MOHAMED FAHMY, MARWA OMARA, SAYING: "All these personalities have vouched that Mohamed does not belong to the Muslim Brotherhood and that he is a professional journalist who has a history of 15 years. He worked for CNN. He was in charge of the CNN office before he went to Al Jazeera. We should not confuse the crimes of Al Jazeera the channel with its journalists." DOHA, QATAR (FILE - JANUARY 1, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF AL JAZEERA INTERNATIONAL BUILDING LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - DECEMBER 29, 2014) (REUTERS) JOURNALISTS AND CAMPAIGNERS STANDING OUTSIDE EGYPTIAN EMBASSY PROTESTER WITH TAPE OVER MOUTH / PLACARD READING (English): "FREE AL JAZEERA STAFF/STANDING UP FOR JOURNALISM" PROTESTERS EGYPTIAN FLAG FLYING OUTSIDE EMBASSY VARIOUS OF AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST SUE TURTON WEARING HANDCUFFS AND CHAINED TO PEOPLE WEARING EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT SISI MASKS VARIOUS OF HANDCUFFED PROTESTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) AL JAZEERA SENIOR CORRESPONDENT WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY IN ABSENTIA BY EGYPT COURT, SUE TURTON, SAYING: "When we get the guys out, that doesn't mean the end of it. We will keep protesting for other journalists who are unfairly imprisoned all over the world." PROTESTERS SIGN READING (Arabic and English): "EMBASSY OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT"
  • Embargoed: 12th September 2015 13:00
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  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA3UH9HIWYZP2MKHY8GKBHWNK67
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: An Egyptian court is due to hand down its verdict on Saturday (August 29) in the retrial of three Al Jazeera television journalists previously jailed for allegedly aiding the banned Muslim Brotherhood.
    Mohamed Fahmy, a naturalised Canadian who has given up his Egyptian citizenship, Egyptian Baher Mohamed and Australian Peter Greste were sentenced to up to ten years in prison in June 2014. Their convictions were overturned but a retrial was ordered this year.
    Fahmy and Mohamed were freed on bail on February 12 this year after more than 400 days in prison, but the court said the case against them was still pending.
    Greste was freed and deported in February.
    Egyptian authorities accuse Qatar-based Al Jazeera of being a mouthpiece of the Brotherhood -- the movement the army removed from power in 2013.
    Al Jazeera denies the allegations.
    The journalists were detained in December 2013 and say they were just doing their jobs.
    Their imprisonment reinforced the view of human rights groups that the government was rolling back freedoms gained after the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
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