(Vatican Radio/AP) Canada's foreign minister said Monday the release of Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy from a prison in Egypt is ``imminent.''Fahmy, a dual Egyptian-Canadian citizen, has relinquished his Egyptian citizenship as prerequisite to his deportation.
Foreign Minister John Baird spoke to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. a day after
Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste of Australia was released after more than a year
in prison. Baird gave no specific time frame for Fahmy's release, and his spokesman
declined further comment.
Greste, Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohammed were arrested in December 2013 and later
convicted over their coverage of the violent crackdown on Islamist protests that year.
Meanwhile, in his first public comments following his release, Peter Greste expressed ``relief and excitement'' Monday at being freed but also said he felt real stress over leaving his two jailed colleagues behind.
Listen to this report by Nathan Morley:
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