Al Jazeera journalists await Thursday appeal session, hopes are on âinterventionâ
âWe are victims of a cold warâ, says imprisoned journalist Mohamed Fahmy
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Detained Al Jazeera journalists send Christmas Greetings and plea for help
I’m a desperate Canadian citizen that needs the government to stand by me, says Fahmy
Judiciary responds to international criticism of Al Jazeera conviction
âTheir rights and freedoms were never violated or infringed upon at any time,â says International Cooperation Department
Facts are stubborn things
On 5 March 1770, British soldiers killed five civilians in Boston, Massachusetts in what Americans would call the âBoston Massacreâ. The incident happened within the larger context of escalating polarisation between factions calling for American independence and those loyal to the British Crown. Leading up to the trial of eight British soldiers, the polarisation was …
Al-Jazeera Trial and Sisiâs Era
âShocking, appalling, preposterously unjust.â These are excerpts of angry global reactions to the harsh prison sentences of three journalists for Al-Jazeera English by an Egyptian court. Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Australian Peter Greste were sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of aiding terrorists and endangering national security, based merely on ludicrous pieces of evidence. While the verdict …
âAppalled by the guilty verdictsâ: UK Foreign Secretary
The international community comes down hard on Egypt over Al Jazeera trial
Verdict in Al Jazeera trial to be issued 23 June
Defence teams conclude their closing arguments
Board members of Doctors’ Syndicate attempt to visit Soltan
Police officers refused the members access to hunger striking detainee, despite deteriorating health
Detainee on hunger strike transferred to intensive care: sister
EOHR expresses concerns over deteriorating health of detainees on hunger strike
Al Jazeera journalist detention hearing postponed
Abdullah Elshamy, detained since the dispersal of sit-ins at Rabaa Al Adaweya, has been on hunger strike for over 130 days
Wife of detained Al Jazeera journalist accuses NCHR of not doing their job
âWe are willing to resign if this would help the case,â NCHR member says
Activists call for journalistsâ release
Human rights activists also called for release of all political detainees regardless of political affiliation
UAEâs Air Arabia bets on Ras Al Khaimah hub
The Sharjah-based budget carrier, which currently operates out of three hubs in the Gulf and North Africa region, signed an agreement with the RAK government in February declaring it the official carrier for the emirate and RAK airport as its new hub.
Family of journalist held in Egypt says health worsening
The family of an Al-Jazeera journalist detained in Egypt for nearly eight months called for his immediate release
Conflicts wracking Egyptian football reflect countryâs political malaise
By James M. Dorsey Multiple conflicts between Egyptâs military-backed government and the countryâs foremost soccer clubs that pit militant soccer fans against both Egyptâs autocratic leaders and club managers could force world soccer governing body FIFA to suspend Egypt. The disputes reflect the broader crisis that has shipwrecked Egyptâs transition from autocracy to a politically more …
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In Pictures: Journalists protest Egypt jailing of Jazeera colleagues
AFP- Scores of supporters of Al-Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt demonstrated on Tuesday in Kenya, the base of one of the detained reporters. “Being a journalist is not a crime,” the crowd of around a 100 shouted outside the Egyptian embassy in Nairobi, in a peaceful protest watched over by armed police. The detained journalists, …
Journalists protest Egypt jailing of Jazeera colleagues
The detained journalists, who have been locked up for more than a month, include Peter Greste, an award-winning Australian reporter who previously worked for the BBC and who lives in the Kenyan capital.
Egypt to try 20 Al-Jazeera journalists
AFPÂ – Egyptian prosecutors on Wednesday referred to trial 20 journalists working with Al-Jazeera television network, including four foreigners accused of “airing false news.” The 16 Egyptians have been charged with belonging to a “terrorist organisation … and harming national unity and social peace,” the prosecution said in a statement. The four foreigners — two …
Prosecutor General comments on interrogations of detained AJE journalists
Restricting freedom of speech unlawful unless it affects national security: Prosecutor General
Al-Jazeera in legal action claiming Egypt harassment
The network asked renowned legal firm Carter-Ruck, a specialist in international law, to take action in the international courts and before the United Nations
Security forces raid Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr offices
Al Jazeera works without legal backing or professional ethics, government says
Army killed CSF soldiers in Rafah as distraction: Al-Beltagy
Muslim Brotherhood leader urges detainees not to answer prosecutorâs questions
New history lessons in Egypt
By Tom Rollins The history of the Egyptian revolution is still being written. At one time that might have been an optimistic slogan scrawled somewhere on Mohamed Mahmoud or a cutesy ending to a book destined for the bestseller shelves. The Generals and The Pharoahs: Egypt in Counter-revolution by Professor A. Whoever. It could still do quite …
Cabinet reshuffle: Bad News
It was quite surprising to sense optimism in some people’s voices when they received news on the cabinet reshuffle, disrespectfully announced in a tweet by Morsi. All the signs indicate an even worse government taking over. First of all the prime minister remains, which means that inadequacy will continue to be the main characteristic of the new cabinet. For …