With the 1 January court decision that Peter Greste and his colleagues, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy must face a retrial this insightful and thought-provoking article written last year by Amal Alamuddin, the lawyer of Mohamed Fahmy raises concerns regarding the injustices surrounding the initial case. “It is ironic that the main charge against the Al Jazeera journalists is that they sought to tarnish Egypts image -- there is little that could tarnish it more than allowing such injustices to persist.” huffingtonpost/Amal-Alamuddin/egypt-unfair-trial_b_5688388.html?page_version=legacy&view=print&comm_ref=false Sign the online petition that calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the Al Jazeera journalists: amnesty.org.au/action/action/36153/ Amnesty International Australia Al Jazeera English Human Rights Watch
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:00:00 +0000