Peter Greste trial: Al-Jazeera staff 'shocked' at verdict
Al-Jazeera staff are shocked and heartbroken at the sentencing of Peter Greste and two more of the organisation's journalists to seven years in prison in Egypt, a colleague has said.
A court in Cairo convicted Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed of spreading false news and supporting the now banned Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood. The trio had denied the charges.
Sue Turton was one of nine journalists charged in absentia and sentenced to 10 years,
23 Jun 2014
- From the section Middle East