Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste released
Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who was serving a seven-year prison sentence in Egypt for “conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood,” was deported, according to Egypt’s state-run news agency. Greste, who is Australian, was arrested in December 2013 with his colleagues Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed.
Egypt is the sixth leading jailer of journalists in the world, with 12 imprisoned when CPJ conducted its annual prison census in December 2014. CPJ produced the documentary “Under Threat” last year, which shows the risks journalists face inside the country.
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: BBC staff and colleagues from other news organisations take part in a one-minute silent protest outside New Broadcasting House against the seven-year jail terms given to three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt on June 24, 2014 in London, England. A court in Cairo found al-Jazeera’s Cairo bureau chief, Mohamed Fahmy, who is Canadian-Egyptian, Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed and Australian correspondent Peter Greste guilty of spreading false news. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)
globalvoices:
The fight will continue and we will not rest.
Journalists have led the way on social media in expressing Australians’ shock over the prison sentences for the Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt.
Journalist Peter Greste has been jailed in Egypt since December. His father says colleagues’ support keeps his son going.
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Three Al Jazeera journalists on trial for terrorism in Cairo called the charge “preposterous” on Monday and asked a judge to release them.
Baher Mohammed, Australian Peter Greste and Canadian-Egyptian Mohammed Fahmy have been on trial for over a month, along with six other Al Jazeera employees. Authorities say they are guilty of terrorism because they provided a media platform for the Muslim Brotherhood, the religious organization of which ousted former President Mohammed Morsi is a member
The military-led government has deemed the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group. Last week it sentenced more than 500 Morsi supporters to death. Morsi himself is still in jail facing a number of charges, including terrorism. Read more…
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