Latest in Tag: Mohamed Fahmy Highlight
Latest in Tag: Mohamed Fahmy

Journalist in Al-Jazeera case gets back Egyptian citizenship
“I want to be able to return back anytime, see my family, and be able to report again,” says Mohamed Fahmy

Presidential pardon for Al Jazeera journalists, activists
Al-Sisi instructs release of 100 youth, including journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, on Wednesday

Cairo Criminal Court releases reasoning behind Al Jazeera trial verdict
Qatar created special channel to work on toppling Egyptian regime, says Cairo court

Egypt summons British Ambassador over ‘Mariott Cell’ comments
Outrage continues in response to Al Jazeera verdicts

High-profile figures to push for Fahmy’s deportation, others hope for presidential pardon
Al Jazeera trial verdicts raise more concerns on press freedom and journalists’ detention
In Pictures: Anger, grief on surprise verdict handed to Al Jazeera journalists
The courtroom erupted in shock and grief as the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Saturday three Al Jazeera journalists to three years in prison on Saturday, in the final re-trial session of a case that received global media and public attention. Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed are sentenced under a strict term. Mohamed was …

Al Jazeera journalists return to jail in shock verdict
Journalists and students receive three years, two students acquitted

Al Jazeera re-trial further postponed to 29 August
Disappointed Mohamed says he wanted this over with, Al Jazeera manager calls delay “very frustrating”
UPDATE: Al-Jazeera re-trial case adjourned to 2 August
Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed expected court verdict

‘Will justice be served this Thursday?’ (1):Journalists
‘I am a realist who understands that the outcome of this trial may also be decided by factors other than evidence,’ says Mohamed Fahmy

Verdict to be delivered on Al Jazeera retrial in July
Case also involves students, including Sohaib Al-Haddad who was forcibly disappeared with Esraa El-Taweel at the beginning of June

Al Jazeera journalist released by German authorities
German Foreign Ministry suggested Monday that extradition to a country with the death penalty would be unlikely

Al Jazeera calls for release of Egyptian journalist in Germany
As confusion surrounds legal basis of detention, journalist Mansour holds there is no Interpol warrant against him

Former Al Jazeera journalist to sue network
Mohamed Fahmy seeks $100m in compensation for manipulation and negligence of staff

Al Jazeera trial adjourned to June
The court is to listen to pleas in the next session

Court postpones Al Jazeera journalists’ retrial to 9 May
Lawyers to review technical committee’s report on video evidence against defendants

Canada to provide Mohamed Fahmy new passport
Egyptian authorities had taken journalist’s passport and he was imprisoned for a year on terrorism charges

New technical committee to examine ‘video evidence’ in Al Jazeera retrial
Journalist Mohamed Fahmy’s passport ‘still missing’

Al Jazeera journalists want their IDs back from Egyptian authorities
‘We have no identity, our movement in the streets is getting harder every day,’ journalists say

Court postpones Al Jazeera trial to 8 March
Defence lawyers make their claims in next court hearing

Photojournalist Shawkan’s detention extended indefinitely
Abu Zeid has already spent 552 days in jail without trial

Al Jazeera journalist highlights international bias against Egyptian journalists
Baher Mohamed is the 30-year-old Al Jazeera journalist whose Egyptian citizenship prevented him an equal chance for freedom like his co-defendants Mohamed Fahmy and Peter Greste. The media has rarely highlighted Mohamed’s case, but the journalist is now speaking of the increasingly unfair situation. Daily News Egypt visited Mohamed’s house and spoke to his wife …

Amal Clooney requests meeting with Al-Sisi over Fahmy release
Fahmy’s Egyptian counsel informed by Egyptian officials that release imminent, says Clooney

UPDATE: Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste out of prison
The Australian journalist has been detained in Egypt for almost 400 days

Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste out of prison: Sources
The Australian journalist has been detained in Egypt for almost 400 days

Jailed Al Jazeera journalist demands more effort from Canadian government
Anyone can become a victim of political turbulence in Egypt, says Fahmy

Canadian FM in Egypt to talk security, religion and jailed AJ journalist
John Baird due to meet President Al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Shoukry

Cairo journalists rally for Charlie Hebdo, struggle to divorce criticism from attacks on Egypt press
Different countries have different circumstances, say Press Syndicate officials; fiancée of imprisoned Al Jazeera journalist says ‘our struggle is the same’

Al Jazeera’s lawyer bailed out on the defendants, so we paid for our own: Mohamed Fahmy’s fiancée
Marwa Omara speaks to Daily News Egypt about the details of Fahmy’s arrest, and the circumstances surrounding it

Egypt-Canada negotiate the release of Al-Jazeera’s Mohamed Fahmy
Family’s hope on Canadian FM’s visit to Egypt to obtain release ‘before’ retrial, says fiancée