Egypt

AL-JIZZ ‘JOURNOS’ LET OUT OF EGYPTIAN JAIL

More evidence of el-Sisi softening?

H/T: Andy Bostom

Al Jazeera journalists walk out of Egyptian prison: Families

Al Jazeera reporters Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed must appear in court again on 23 February for their retrial
Ayat Al-Tawy, Friday 13 Feb 2015
Jazeera

In this Monday, March 31, 2014 file photo, Al-Jazeera English producer Baher Mohamed, left, Canadian-Egyptian acting Cairo bureau chief Mohammed Fahmy, right, appear in court along with several other defendants during their trial on terror charges, in Cairo, Egypt (Photo: AP)

Two Al Jazeera journalists left prison on Friday, their families said, after spending over a year in jail in a case that has drawn global condemnation.

A Cairo court ordered Thursday the release of Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed on bail pending retrial on charges of spreading false news and a supporting a terrorist organisation, a reference to the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Mohamed’s wife, Gehan Mohamed, said her husband was released on Friday at around 7am.

“We are just overjoyed and are now celebrating with Baher,” she told Ahram Online.

The duo must appear in court on February 23, for the next hearing in the retrial ordered last month when the Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest court, said the original conviction was based on insufficient evidenceThey were originally sentenced to between seven and ten years in jail.

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