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Monday, May 5, 2014

Egypt court denies bail for Al Jazeera journalists

Egypt court denies bail for Al Jazeera journalists
[JURIST] An Egyptian court on Saturday denied bail for three Al Jazeera [media website] journalists being imprisoned on charges of false reporting, and extended the imprisonment of a fourth journalist for 45 days. Al Jazeera English Journalists Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed, are charged with falsifying news and association with the Muslim Brotherhood [party website], a group that the current government has declared a terrorist organization [JURIST report]. In the bail hearing, Fahmy argued [Al Jazeera report] against... [more].

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