Shock as Al Jazeera journalists given jail terms | Journal

  • 10 years ago
A court in Cairo has sentenced three Al Jazeera journalists to between seven and ten years in prison. Australian Peter Greste and his colleagues, Mohamed Fadel and Baher Mohamed, were found guilty of spreading false news and supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Australia and Al Jazeera have called the verdicts unjust and appalling.

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