New trial ordered for Al Jazeera journalists ibn Egypt
Three Al Jazeera journalists jailed for assisting the banned Muslim Bortherhood will remain in prison after Egypt’s appeal court ordered a retrial. The three are now trapped in the diplomatic wrangling between Egypt and Qatar which owns their television network. The decision reached in a few minutes by the Court of Cassation in Cairo has […]
Appeal hearing for Al Jazeera journalists kicks off in Cairo
Egypt’s superior court’s ordered the retrial of three Al Jazeera journalists jailed last June for collaborating with the banned Muslim Brotherhood. The Court of Cassation sat for only a few minutes hearing the appeal. Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed maintain they were doing their jobs after Egypt’s military overthrew President Mohamed Moursi who […]