Egypt to release Al-Jazeera reporter
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Egypt is to release on medical grounds al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy, who has been on hunger strike in protest at being held without charge.
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Habari Zinazoendana
10 years ago
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Egypt leader urged to free reporter
The brothers of jailed Australian al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste say that they will push for Egypt's president to release him by decree.
10 years ago
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Reporter Peter Greste freed by Egypt
Australian al-Jazeera and ex-BBC journalist Peter Greste is deported from Egypt after 400 days in prison and is reportedly flying to Cyprus.
11 years ago
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10 years ago
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Egypt retrial for al-Jazeera three
Egypt's highest court orders a retrial in the case of three al-Jazeera journalists jailed for spreading false news.
11 years ago
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Egypt 'charges al-Jazeera trio'
The three al-Jazeera journalists detained in Egypt last month are reportedly charged with using unlicensed equipment and broadcasting false news.
9 years ago
BBC23 Sep
Egypt pardons Al Jazeera journalist
Egypt's president pardons Mohamed Fahmy, one of the three Al Jazeera TV journalists sentenced to three years in prison for broadcasting false news.
11 years ago
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Shock at al-Jazeera Egypt sentences
There is international outrage after a court in Cairo sentenced three al-Jazeera journalists accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood to seven years in jail.
10 years ago
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Egypt 'considers Al-Jazeera pardons'
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi says the possibility of granting pardons to two of the three jailed Al-Jazeera journalists is being considered.
11 years ago
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Egypt set for al-Jazeera verdict
A Cairo court will issue verdicts on three journalists accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, after a trial condemned by rights groups.
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