Release of another Al Jazeera journalist in Egypt "imminent"
- 9 years ago
Canada says the release of another Al-Jazeera journalist from jail in Egypt is “imminent”.
The news about Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy comes just a day after another reporter from the station, Australian Peter Greste, was freed.
A total of three Al Jazeera staff were jailed last June on charges including helping the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. They were sentenced to between seven and 10 years.
A cameraman, Mohamed Fawzy, was also arrested but later released.
Egypt has accused Qatar-based Al Jazeera of being a mouthpiece for the Muslim Brotherhood.
On his release, Peter Greste told Al Jazeera: “I can’t tell you how relieved I am at being free, I really didn’t expect it.
“We were settling in for a period of months behind prison, and for the retrial, and so to be out now today with just a few minutes notice really is just extraordinary.
He added: “This has been like a rebirth and you realise that it is those little beautiful moments of life that are really precious, and
The news about Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy comes just a day after another reporter from the station, Australian Peter Greste, was freed.
A total of three Al Jazeera staff were jailed last June on charges including helping the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. They were sentenced to between seven and 10 years.
A cameraman, Mohamed Fawzy, was also arrested but later released.
Egypt has accused Qatar-based Al Jazeera of being a mouthpiece for the Muslim Brotherhood.
On his release, Peter Greste told Al Jazeera: “I can’t tell you how relieved I am at being free, I really didn’t expect it.
“We were settling in for a period of months behind prison, and for the retrial, and so to be out now today with just a few minutes notice really is just extraordinary.
He added: “This has been like a rebirth and you realise that it is those little beautiful moments of life that are really precious, and