Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Sunday he "wished" three jailed Al-Jazeera journalists including an Australian had **t been put on trial, conceding the case had been damaging, a newspaper reported. The journalists -- Australia's Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed -- were sentenced to between seven and 10 years in jail for allegedly defaming Egypt and aiding banned Islamists, in a ruling that sparked a global outcry and demands for a presidential pardon. "The sentencing of several journalists had a very negative effect, and we had **thing to do with it," Sisi was quoted as saying. Washington described the sentencing of the journalists as "draconian" and called on Sisi to release the journalists, while the United Nations said imprisoning them was "obscene".
07-09-2014, 01:52 AM
Egypt's Sisi 'wishes' jailed Jazeera reporters **t tried
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Sunday he "wished" three jailed Al-Jazeera journalists including an Australian had **t been put on trial, conceding the case had been damaging, a newspaper reported. The journalists -- Australia's Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed -- were sentenced to between seven and 10 years in jail for allegedly defaming Egypt and aiding banned Islamists, in a ruling that sparked a global outcry and demands for a presidential pardon. "The sentencing of several journalists had a very negative effect, and we had **thing to do with it," Sisi was quoted as saying. Washington described the sentencing of the journalists as "draconian" and called on Sisi to release the journalists, while the United Nations said imprisoning them was "obscene".
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