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Leaders Criticize Egypt Over Journalists' Jailing

World leaders, including UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, have criticized the conviction and jail sentences of three Al Jazeera journalists.

Egypt: 'It Is Not a Crime to Carry a Camera,' UN Rights Chief Warns As Egypt Sentences Journalists

UN News, 23 June 2014

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed deep concern over a string of recent court decisions in Egypt, including… Read more »

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Mostefa Souag of Al Jazeera, right, and IPI's Alison Bethel McKenzie, centre, join a call on Egypt to free Al Jazeera staff on trial in Cairo (file photo).

Egypt: The African Editors Forum Condemns the Sentncing of Al Jazeera Reporters in Egypt

The African Editors Forum, 25 June 2014

The African Editors Forum (TAEF) condemns in strong terms the treatment of Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt, where three were sentenced to jail terms ranging from seven to ten years… Read more »
Egypt: U.S. Condemns Convictions of Journalists

State Department, 23 June 2014

Today's conviction and chilling, draconian sentences by the Cairo Criminal Court of three Al Jazeera journalists and fifteen others in a trial that lacked many fundamental norms of… Read more »
Egypt: Seven Years for Journalists Doing Their Job - What Do These Verdicts Tell Us About the New Egypt?

Daily Maverick, 23 June 2014

Three Al Jazeera journalists have been sentenced to a long time behind bars after a sham trial in Egypt found them guilty of aiding a terrorist group. While the verdicts are… Read more »
Egypt: Dark Day for Media Freedom As Al Jazeera Journalists Convicted

AI London, 23 June 2014

The conviction today of three Al Jazeera English journalists accused of "falsifying news" and belonging to or assisting the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement in Egypt is a… Read more »

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Egypt Jails Al Jazeera Journalists

Three Al Jazeera English journalists - Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed - have been sentenced to seven years in jail in Egypt on charges of supporting the Muslim ... Read more »
- Egypt: Al Jazeera Journalists Found Guilty
- Egypt: Court Sentences Three Al Jazeera Journalists to Seven Years Imprisonment
Egypt Releases Al Jazeera Journalist

The hunger-striking Al Jazeera journalist, Abdullah Elshamy, has been freed from a police station in north of Cairo. Read more »
- Egypt: Al Jazeera Journalist Freed
- Egypt: Govt to Free Al Jazeera Journalist

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Leaders Criticize Egypt Over Journalists' Jailing

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