Al-Jazeera's Australian reporter Peter Greste, on trial in Egypt with fellow journalists, said in court Monday that he and his colleagues have spent three months in jail on "baseless" charges. The case, in which 17 others are also charged, has sparked an international outcry and fuelled fears of a *****down on the press by Egypt's military-installed authorities. Greste and two other journalists with Al-Jazeera English are charged with spreading false news and supporting the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood of deposed president Mohamed Morsi. Security personnel were deployed outside the caged dock and the defendants, including Al-Jazeera English bureau chief Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, wore white prison uniforms, an AFP correspondent said.
03-25-2014, 12:07 AM
Jazeera's Greste says Egypt charges baseless as trial adjourned
Al-Jazeera's Australian reporter Peter Greste, on trial in Egypt with fellow journalists, said in court Monday that he and his colleagues have spent three months in jail on "baseless" charges. The case, in which 17 others are also charged, has sparked an international outcry and fuelled fears of a *****down on the press by Egypt's military-installed authorities. Greste and two other journalists with Al-Jazeera English are charged with spreading false news and supporting the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood of deposed president Mohamed Morsi. Security personnel were deployed outside the caged dock and the defendants, including Al-Jazeera English bureau chief Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, wore white prison uniforms, an AFP correspondent said.
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