Al-Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste have been sentenced to three years in prison. Baher Mohamed received an additional six month sentence. The Judge said the defendants had spread false news and were not registered as journalists in Egypt. The Judge said that the defendants “are not journalists and are not registered with Egypt’s press syndicate or the State Information Service,” before adding that the defendants possessed unlicensed devices that were used to broadcast false news which harmed the country. Shocked. Outraged. Angry. Upset. None of them convey how I feel right now. 3 yr sentences for @bahrooz, @MFFahmy11 and me is so wrong.— Peter Greste (@PeterGreste) August 29, 2015 Australian journalist Peter Greste had been released in February and deported under an order by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. "This is unfair. We won't accept it" Marwa wife of @MFFahmy #freeajstaff pic.twitter.com/71PkBvXZCe— lyse doucet (@bbclysedoucet) August 29, 2015 Today’s verdict saw the attendance of officials from the Embassies of Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. International lawyer Amal Clooney also attended the trial to support Mohamed Fadel Fahmy. Just spoke to Amal Clooney who…
Al-Jazeera Journalists Sentenced to Three Years in Prison in Egypt
August 29, 2015
