Thursday, February 12, 2015

Egypt: Court releases Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed - Feb 12, 2015

     "A Cairo court has released Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed after more than 400 days in jail, but the court said the case against them was still pending.
Fahmy, who is a naturalised Canadian citizen who gave up his Egyptian citizenship, was released on bail of 250,000 Egyptian pounds ($32,765). Mohamed, who has only Egyptian citizenship, was released without bail. Judge Hassan Farid said the next hearing would be on February 23. The courtroom erupted in applause after the judge read his decision, delivered after a brief recess."

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"According to Reporters Without Borders, there are currently 165 journalists imprisoned around the world, 15 of them in Egypt. Click here for a review of this case.