2015-01-02 12:50:00

Egyptian court orders retrial of journalists


(AP)  An Egyptian appeals court on Thursday ordered the retrial of three Al-Jazeera English journalists held for over a year on terror-related charges, a ruling that their lawyers hoped was a step toward resolving a case that brought a storm of international criticism on Egypt's government.

The three will remain behind bars at least until the retrial begins. But their lawyers expressed cautious optimism that a quick retrial will lead to their eventual exoneration or deportation.

The journalists, Canadian-Egyptian Mohammed Fahmy, Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohammed, have argued they were targeted because of the Egyptian government's political fight with Qatar, the Gulf nation where the Al-Jazeera news network is based. The two countries have been at odds over Qatar's support of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.








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