The Phony Evidence in Egyptian Trial of JournalistsAn Egyptian court sentenced three Al-Jazeera journalists to seven years in prison each, finding them guilty of supporting the Muslims Brotherhood, and of fabricating reports to destabilize national security
Despite the gravity of the charges against Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, Egyptian prosecutors failed to provide consistent evidence against them during the months-long trial. In fact, the evidence shown in the court was very thin at best, having almost nothing to do with the case
Most of the documentation, shown during sessions in April, and May, allegedly came from Greste’s seized cellphone and flash drive. This is some of the evidence the prosecutors displayed during the trial to support their accusations against the three journalists: Read more…
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