Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste arrived home in Australia on Thursday after his release from Egypt where he was detained for more than 400 days, an AFP reporter at Brisbane airport said. Greste, 49, was to have a private family reunion after disembarking from his flight before walking out to meet supporters and give a brief statement to the media, a family spokeswoman said. The award-winning correspondent was on Sunday deported to Cyprus from Cairo, where he was being held for allegedly aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood. He was charged with aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood movement, along with Al-Jazeera television colleagues Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed of Egypt.
02-14-2015, 09:34 AM
Freed Australian reporter Greste arrives in Brisbane
Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste arrived home in Australia on Thursday after his release from Egypt where he was detained for more than 400 days, an AFP reporter at Brisbane airport said. Greste, 49, was to have a private family reunion after disembarking from his flight before walking out to meet supporters and give a brief statement to the media, a family spokeswoman said. The award-winning correspondent was on Sunday deported to Cyprus from Cairo, where he was being held for allegedly aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood. He was charged with aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood movement, along with Al-Jazeera television colleagues Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed of Egypt.
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