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Egypt sets Feb.12 as retrial date for jailed Al Jazeera journalists

February 8, 2015 by Kelly Davies Leave a Comment

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(Reuters) – The retrial of two Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt will start on Feb. 12, the lawyer for one of the defendants said on Sunday.

Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were sentenced to seven and 10 years in jail respectively last year on charges including spreading lies to help a terrorist organization — a reference to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

A third Al Jazeera reporter, Australian national Peter Greste, was sentenced alongside them, but was unexpectedly freed last Sunday and deported after spending 400 days in prison.

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Egypt’s high court ordered a retrial of all three journalists last month.

“The session has been set for Feb. 12, 2015,” said Mostafa Nagy, the lawyer representing Mohamed, who was given an extra three years in jail for possessing a single bullet.

Under a decree issued last November, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has the power to approve the deportation of foreign prisoners.

Following Greste’s release, Egyptian security officials said that Fahmy, who held joint Egyptian-Canadian nationality, might soon be deported. However, his fiancee told Reuters on Sunday that she had no information about his possible release.

Amal Clooney, one of Fahmy’s lawyers, wrote to Sisi requesting a meeting to discuss the case, according to a letter dated Feb. 6 that was shown to reporters by his family.

Baher Mohamed is Egyptian and holds no foreign nationality, making his case more difficult to resolve.

Egyptian authorities accuse Qatar-based Al Jazeera of being a mouthpiece of the Brotherhood — the movement the army removed from power in 2013. Al Jazeera denies the allegations.

The journalists were detained in December 2013.

They say they were doing their jobs and their imprisonment reinforced the view of human rights groups that the government was rolling back freedoms gained after the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Al Jazeera

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