Al Jazeera journalists get retrial in Egypt Egypt’s highest court has accepted the appeal of three jailed journalists who work for Al Jazeera and granted them a retrial, the journalists’ lawyers said Thursday. Peter Greste, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were convicted in June of supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood. Greste and Fahmy were sentenced to seven years in prison and Mohamed to 10 years. The Muslim Brotherhood, a religious and political group, was banned in Egypt and labeled a terrorist organization after President Mohamed Morsy’s ouster in 2013. He was Egypt’s first democratically elected leader after the Arab Spring uprising. Quick Clicks Police chiefs wife shot near Atlanta AirAsia disaster: Where things stand What to do with your leftover Champagne Chick-fil-A probes possible pay card… New York celebrates New Year Kanye kick starts new year with… TV cameras were not allowed in Thursday’s hearing in the Court of Cassation, and the incarcerated journalists were also absent from the courtroom. The men’s families were disappointed at the outcome. They had hoped the court would throw out the case and release them or at least free them on bail pending retrial, but they remain behind bars. The retrial date has not yet been set. “This was not [...] newsinmi/al-jazeera-journalists-get-retrial-in-egypt/
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