Two al-Jazeera journalists to face new trial in Egypt
Source: The Guardian
Egyptian officials have announced unexpectedly that the colleagues of the freed Australian journalist Peter Greste will face a new trial on Thursday, dashing hopes that at least one of them would follow him to freedom sooner.
Greste’s Canadian colleague Mohamed Fahmy was expected to be deported home to Toronto in the days after Greste’s release, and the Canadian foreign minister claimed that his deportation was imminent.
But Fahmy’s hopes have now been dashed by the sudden announcement of the resumption of legal proceedings against him and Baher Mohamed, a third journalist with al-Jazeera English who has no chance of deportation as he holds no foreign passport.
The two men were arrested along with Greste in late December 2013 and accused of making up news stories and helping terrorists. All three were convicted in June 2014, and granted a retrial on 1 January.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/08/al-jazeera-journalists-new-trial-egypt
Patrick Kingsley in Cairo
Sunday 8 February 2015 16.42 GMT
