EGYPT-JAZEERA/JOURNALISTS FILE Court to issue ruling on retrial of Al Jazeera journalists

Record ID: 145734

  • Title: EGYPT-JAZEERA/JOURNALISTS FILE Court to issue ruling on retrial of Al Jazeera journalists
  • Date: 29th July 2015
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (FILE - FEBRUARY 19, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST PETER GRESTE IN PUB (SOUNDBITE) (English) AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST, PETER GRESTE, SAYING: "I think we've got a platform, people have identified us with the cause very strongly and I think it would be an abrogation of responsibility to walk away from that. I'd like to keep talking about i
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    An Egyptian court is due to issue its ruling on Thursday (June 30) in the retrial of two Al Jazeera television journalists previously sentenced to seven to 10 years in prison.
    Mohamed Fahmy, a naturalised Canadian who has given up his Egyptian citizenship, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were previously charged with aiding a terrorist organisation, a reference to the banned Muslim Brotherhood.
    A third Al Jazeera journalist, Australian Peter Greste, was freed and deported in February.
    Fahmy and Mohamed were freed on bail on February 12 after more than 400 days in prison, but the court said the case against them was still pending.
    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.
    Mohamed was sentenced to three more years than his colleagues for possessing a single bullet.
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