fahmy and mr. mohamed today because at least their out of prison. >> we'll be talking to one of those other journalists in just a little while. i want your thoughts what we can expect then from february 23. >> well, one would hope that if there is any justice in egypt and there's precious little, that president al sisi, one would hope there would be better actions from canada than there have been so far that he would support the deportation of the canadian citizen -- >> i'm afraid the line to jeffery robinson seems to have gone away, but i think we got a gist really of what he was saying. al jazeera journalist who is very intimately involved in this whole case and so a ripple of excitement went through the newsroom when we heard the guys were left out on bail. >> this is the first time we've had since this awful process began on 29 december, 2013, the first time the egyptian judicial system is recognizing at last that the convictions were unsteady and hopefully we're going to see the 23 of february

dahlia fahmy not related to mohamed fahmy did a retrial actually have to be ordered or could the case have simply been thrown out? >> well, the court ofess court of cessation with the postponing of the trial we all thought that this was going to be a moment where there could be possibly either a throwing-out of charges or this would quietly disappear. when peter greste, one of the three, was deported last week we thought that this would lead to the ultimate deportation of mohamed fahmy because he ultimately denounced his citizenship and there was a presidential decree that was ordered last november that foreign nationals could be deported to their home countries. and when we didn't see mohamed fahmy deported ultimately we are seeing that if the trial does begin this week which is what we are being told is going to happen he's less likely to be deported if the trial actually begins. if the trial begins, it's unlikely that in the middle of the trial he will be deported to egypt. or to canada. >> fahmy's family have spoken out today they say the deal that had been agreed for him to renou

we have a report. >> al jazeera english's cairo bureau chief mohamed fahmy and producer baher mohammed were arrested on september 29, 2013 alongside correspondent peter greste. initially, their detention was believed to be temporary based on problems with their media accreditations. within days, they were held on terrorism charges alleging they were aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the journalists and al jazeera rejected the charges. so did the global media community, protestors around the world demonstrating in solidarity with the three men. when the trial finally began in february the three pleaded not guilty. the procedures were ridiculed by legal experts around the world. evidence presented by the prosecution included footage from a different channel, music found on the journalist lap tops and some of peter's work in africa. on june 23 the verdict guilty. mohamed and peter were sentenced to seven years baher ordered to spend a decade behind bars. six others were sentenced to 10 years in prison in absentia. credited six came from around the world. >> we've been clear both pub

the three journalists, mohamed fadel fahmy and peter greste were arrested. they were falsely accused of promoting the mapped muslim brotherhood. >> the bail release is a small step in the right direction, a step that should have been taken 411 days ago. there's no evidence that they have been complicit with the muslim brotherhood, no evidence that they have been involved in terrorism. journalists are frightened. they have been made frightened and their organisations are frightened by the fact that these journalists are in gaol >>> the trial has been condemned by the international community and human rights organizations. protesters around the world demonstrated in solidaritiway detained journalist. six other colleagues were sentenced in absentia. al jazeera calls on egypt to have all of its journalists exonerated. >> a peace agreement on ukraine has been signed but fighting between government forces and pro-russian rebels continues. one person has been killed in the city. separatists are sceptical about the ceasefire deal. charles stratford has more from the

fahmy is an extraordinary professional very passionate strong willed character. baher is one of the most amazing family men i've ever met. if anyone has suffered out of all of this it is baher he has a wife and three children one of whom was born while he was in prison. i.t. was incredibly -- it was incredibly tough for him as someone so devoted to his family having to be where he is knowing he's innocent knowing that this is a huge mistake. we need to keep the focus on him and we don't quite know what's going to happen from here often in. i still feel -- here on in. i still feel a sense of concern and worry. if it's right for me to be free then it's right for all of them to be free. it was a very difficult moment walking out of that prison saying good-bye to those guys, not knowing how much longer they will have to put up with this. and then the ride to the airport was a sense of really wondering if it really was actually going to come to an end. because we've had an awful lot of false starts with this, and awful lot of false alarms, where we thought freedom was

initially sentenced to 10 years, mohamed fadel fahmy 7 years. that decision was recently overturned. egypt's highest court of appeals challenged the evidence presented by the prosecution, saying the proceedings were flawed and ordered a retrial. another al jazeera journalist peter greste earlier this month was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. mohamed fadel fahmy, an egyptian canadian was told his only way to freedom was to renounce his egyptian citizenship, which he has done. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were all arrested in december in september 2013 accused of promoting the banned muslim brotherhood. >> they have been complicit with the muslim brotherhood - there's no evidence that they've been involved in terrorism. the trial has been widely condemned by the international community and human rights organizations. protesters around the world demonstrated in solidarity with the detained al jazeera journalists. six other cole eggs from al jazeera were -- col agos from al jazeera were sentenced in absentia

baher mohamed was initially sentenced to 10 years, and mohamed fadel fahmy seven years. it was overturned recently. egypt's highest court of appeals challenged the evidence presented by the prosecution, saying the proceedings were flawed and ordered a retrial. earlier this month another al jazeera journalist peter greste was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. mohamed fadel fahmy, who was an egyptian canadian was told by the authorities that his only way to freedom is to renounce his egyptian citizenship, which he has down. they were arrested in december 2013 and accused of promoting the banned muslim brotherhood. >> the bail released is a small step in the right direction but a step that should have been taken 411 days ago. there's no evidence that they have been completely complicit with the muslim brotherhood, or no evidence that they were involved in journalism. journalists are frightened. their organizations have been frightened by the fact that these journalists are in gaol. >> the trial has been widely condemned by the international community and hu

fahmy. whether it's one or two the fact remains that this is a lower court with lousy judges who have in front of them the decision the written decision with reasons given by the egyptian court of appeal earlier this week that scrubbed out the convictions, threw it out and said that there was no evidence that these men were engaged in terrorism, the prosecution had brought no evidence that they were in any way complicit with the banned muslim brotherhood. there is as decision by a higher court, which ruled on the case that was brought against them and said there was simply no evidence so one would hope that by the 23, either the prosecution, which of course represents the government, owns up to the fact and withdraws the charge against the al jazeera one or al jazeera two, whatever it is on the 23rd and or at least that the lower court close it out. otherwise, we continue with this cat and mouse game that the egyptian authorities are playing with the journalists. >> jeffery robinson, thank y

i have begun to think of baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy as family. fahmy is a very strong willed character. and if anyone has suffered out of this it is ba he baher. he has a wife and three children one of whom was born while he was in prison. for him to be so devoted being where he is, this is a very huge mistake and only being able to see them on very occasional family visits and knowing now that he is going to have to spend an indeterminant period behind bars. we need to keep the focus on him because we don't know what's going to happen from here on. in prison on a daily basis the key is to stay fit physically, mentally and spiritually. so i made a very conscious effort to deal with all three of those things. to try to keep fit running in a very limited space keep up an exercise program keep mentally fit with study and spiritually fit too with meditation. through all of that, it was a way of kind of forcing a kind of discipline on myself and dealing with each day that came. and hopefully touch wood, i came out of it not too damaged. >> like peter

bahar was initially sentenced to 10 years and fahmy seven years in prison.on was recently overturned. egypt important highest court of appeals has challenged the evidence presented by the prosecution, saying the proceedings were flawed. and ordered a retrial. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: earlier this month another al jazerra journalist peter greste was deport today australia, after 400 days in detention. fahmy, who is an egyptian canadian was told by the authority that his his only way to freedom is to renounce his egyptian citizenship which he has done. the three al jazerra journalists bahar, fahmy and greste were arrested in december 2013, they were falsely accused of promoting the banned muslim brotherhood. >> the bail release is a small step in the right direction. but it's a step that should have been taken 411 days ago. there is no evidence that they have been complicit with the muslim brotherhood. no evidence that they have been involved in terrorism. journalists are frightened. they have been made frightened and their organizations have been

in his first interview he asked for egyptian to free mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. stephanie dekker spoke to peter greste about the moment he learnt he was being released. >> look i can't tell you how relieved i am at being free. i didn't expect. we were settling in for an appeared of months behind prison for the retrial. to be out now, today, with a few minutes notice really is just extraordinary. but i also feel incredible angst about my colleagues leaving them behind. i know that there is mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, and other people that were convicted along side us in absentia and four others that had nothing to do with that case serving prison sentences. and so amidst all of this relief i feel a sense of concern, a real sense of worry, because if it is appropriate for me if it's right for me to be free, it's right for all of them to be free. for those convicted in absentia to be free of those convictions. >> i want to ask you about that yesterday, the process for you personally how the day evolved and how it felt for you. what was the last thing said

baher and fahmy were convicted that was recently overturned. egypt's highest court of appeals has said proceedings were flawed and order add retrial. early this month another al jazeera journalist, peter greste was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. fahmy, who is an egyptian canadian was told by the authorities that his only way to freedom is to renounce his egyptian citizenship which he has done. the three al jazeera journalists, were arrested in december 2013. they were wrongly accused of promoting the banned muslim brotherhood. their trial's been widely condemned by the international community and human rights organizations. six other colleagues from al jazeera were sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison. al jazeera continues to call on egypt to have all of its journalists exonerated. >> a police officer has died and nine others injured by shrapnel in a blast in egypt. a security source says an improvised bomb targeted a police patrol northeast of the capitol cry row. egyptian armed group of egypt soldiers said it tarted

fahmy is a dedicated journalist a very passionate very strong willed character. and ba baher if any of us has suffered the most, he has a wife who had a baby while in prison. it was incredibly tough for him as someone so devoted to his family to have to be where he is knowing that he's innocent knowing that this is a huge mistake. we need to keep the focus on him and we don't quite know what's going to happen from here on. i still feel a sense of concern a real sense of worry because if it's appropriate for me, if it's right for me to be free, then it's right for all of them to be free. so it was a very difficult moment walking out of that prison saying good-bye to those guys not knowing how much longer they will have to put up with this. and then, the ride to the airport was a sense of really wondering if it was actually all going to come to an end because we've had an awful lot of false starts with this. an awful lot of false alarms, a lot of moments when we thought freedom was close if not imminent only to have it snatched away. i didn't want to let myself bel

fahmy's freedom. >> i sit here outraged over what happened in cairo with mohamed fahmy.ways thought from the get-go that the prime minister of this country should have intervened right away. we've been told over the last many months that there are back channels, front channels and so on and so forth but it should be the main channel and the main channel is the prime minister of this country. any other canadian journalist who would be caught in a peculiar circumstance such as this would have been released a long time ago. it is up to prime minister harp tore pick up a phone and to talk to president al sisi and to get action done. mohamed fahmy is an egyptian, but as he canadians the australian journalist is home and said if i am allowed to be free then we should all be free. that includes other journalists in egyptian james as we speak. >> the e.u. has delayed putting more ukrainian separatist and russians on its sanction list to give a peace plan time to work. 19 ukrainian officials will be subject to visa bans and have their assets frozen. it won't take effect until feb

mohammed fahmy and baher mohamed had been detained for 411 days in cairo.al resumes on february 23rdrd. >>> yemen's military have launched air strikes against al-qaeda fighters in the southeast. it follows an attack by al-qaeda on two army bases. three soldiers and four attackers were killed in that attack. >>> and leaders from russia ukraine, france and germany have agreed to a ceasefire in eastern ukraine. the deal which includes a complete withdraw of foreign troops and artillery comes in to force on sunday. >>> crossing over to moscow we are speaking to the foreign advisor on foreign policy. how much political will is there for this deal to not only come into effect but for it to be a prolonged ceasefire? >>> well i think that what they have already accomplished is already quite spectacular. they had this very expanded negotiations for more than 12 hours, and definitely they moved further than many of us expected. it's not just about the ceasefire, but it's about a future political arrangement in the region. it's yet to be seen how enforceable these dec

>> well i think today the crunch will come for mohamed fadel fahmy. it may be at the al jazeera at the end of the day one. let's face it peter greste the australian, was released lasts week and mohamed fadel fahmy's lawyers were told that he would not be far away because the authorisation has been given to remove his egyptian citizenship, so he's a full-blooded canadian. therefore entitled to the same latitude that mr peter greste has been given, namely deportation. there was another development this week when the appeal court brought down its written judgment and said there was no evidence terror. >> against these men, and that was the charge on which they were convicted. they were doing their jobs as reporters, and there was no evidence that they had any sinister relationships with the muslim brotherhood. so that is an important development, and the court hearing today comes in against the background of the appeal court saying there is no evidence against them. so with any luck and the egyptian system is upside down but with any luck from mohamed fa

mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed had been detained for 411 days in cairo.are a k accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. charges they and al jazeera deny. and their trial resumes on february 23rdrd. >>> crossing over to new york and speaking to the middle eastern north africa program coordinator. excuse me, you are joining us from washington not new york. obviously you as well as al jazeera, and the international community welcome this decision for our journalists to be let out on bail but what do you expect to happen on february 23rd? >> i'm hoping that the judge decides to dismiss the charges. i think it was clear that he has an intention of letting this one go because normally you are not allowed bail unless the judge feels that there is no problem in this case and he doesn't likely want to invite people [ inaudible ]. also coupled with the fact that on monday egypt's highest court released its report on the trial, and it includes not just a procedural error that went throughout but also criticism to though lower court, the criminal co

. >> back home baher mohamed, and mohammed fahmy are free on bail. >>> and in sport, a trail runnings growing in popularity. we'll meet a womb from nepal who is dominating the race to become a champion. ♪ >>> the taliban says that it has attacked a shia mosque killing at least 20 people in northwestern pakistan. it happened during friday prayers. it's the second attack on a shia mosque in pakistan within two weeks. >> reporter: they chose the busiest time of the week friday prayers. a small group of men, wearing suicide vests entered the building and shot at worshippers. even throwing grenades. one blew himself up killing the most number of people. another attacker was held down by some of the worshippers, until he was shot by officers. according to a local police chief, this was a courageous decision that prevented many more deaths. the people were caught in the middle of a long-running violent campaign by the pakistani taliban. it wants to impose a strict version of islamic law, and wants more control, and says this is revenge for the killing of one of its men in december. like oth

and i -- you know i know that there is mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed. and the seven other people that were convicted along with -- alongside us in absentia who are serving prison sentences. so amidst all of this relief i still feel a sense of concern a real sense of worry because if it's appropriate for me, if it's right for me to be free, then it's right for all of them to be free. and for those who are convicted in absentia, to be free of those convictions. >> wanted to ask you about that yesterday the process for you personally how the day evolved and also how it felt for you for example what was the last thing you said to your colleagues? how did the day play out? what is it something you expected and how did the day play out for you? >> no, it wasn't expected at all. i woke up very much thinking about the campaign that lay ahead of us, thinking that we would have to spend an extended stretch in prison. i went for a run and the prison war den called me over and said time to get your stuff. it's time to go. and i said go where to another prison? he s

the al jazeera journalists baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy are freed. as richard sherman reports their trial is expected to resume on february 24th. >> like a dream coming true. >> al jazeera producer baher mohamed enjoying the first day of his new fowrntd new found freedom. >> i'm very proud of every single moment he i spent in prison for the sake of journalistic freedom. i'll continue to fight for freedom of expression and i will not back off. >> baher and his colleagues, mohamed fahmy were granted bail by a judge on thursday. it's come as a huge relief. they've been in prison in egypt since december 2013. baher was initially sentenced to ten years and fahmy to seven years in prison. that decision was recently overturned pnld egypt's highest court of appeals has challenged the evidence by the prosecution. it says its evidence was flawed around ordered a retrial. earlier this month another al jazeera journalist peter greste peter greste was ordered returned to australia. fahmy was told that his only way to freedom was to denounce his egyptian citizensh

. >>> egypt frees al jazeera journalists, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed on bail. >>> hello, argentina'sresident has been formally charged with preventing an investigation into iranian officials involved in the bombing of a jewish community center. >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights, on al jazeera america . >>> for the third time in three months the taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a shia mosque. at least 19 people were killed in by suicide bombers. al jazeera's correspondent has more details. >> reporter: they chose the busiest time of the week friday prayers. a small group of men, wearing suicide vests entered the building and shot at worshippers, even throwing grenades one blew himself up killing the most number of people. another attacker was held down by some of the worshippers until he was shot by officers. according to a local p

fahmy was initially sentenced to seven years in prison, and baher received ten.gypt's highest court of appeals has challenged the evidence presented by the prosecution, saying the proceedings were flawed and ordered a retrial. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: earlier this month, peter greste was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. fahmy who is an egyptian canadian, was told by the authorities that his only way to freedom is to renounce his egyptian citizenship. which he has done. the three al jazeera journalists, baher, fahmy and greste were arrested in december 2013. they were wrongly accused of promoting the banned muslim brotherhood. their trial was widely condemned by the international community, and human rights organizations. it was described as a travesty of justice. protesters from around the world demonstrated in solidarity with the detained al jazeera skrournallist -- journalists. six other colleagues were sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison. al jazeera continues to call on egypt to have all of its journalists exonerated. >>>

fahmy's bail was set at 33,000. that's not an option for egyptian baher mohamed who doesn't have a foreign pcht. passport. he doesn't hold a the ability to leave the country. cnn correspondent ian lee was in court and set this report. >> there really wasn't a dry eye in that courtroom among family and friends when they were told they were going to be reunited with their loved ones. defense lawyers talking to the judge, going after the ruling of the previous trial pointing out all the holes in the ruling. it was that case was passed down from a higher court who mentioned the same thing. that it just -- there was really nothing, no merit to the charges against them, that kept them in prison. so the judge then released them on bail. mohamed fahmy also gave a very passionate speech about giving up his egyptian nationality something he did regrettably he then waved an egyptian flag to show his pride talking to family members afterwards, they're looking for the next step looking for mohamed fahmy to be deported like peter

out on bail the al jazeera journalist mohamed and fahmy now at home with their families and. >> i'm inth carolina, the bodies of the three victims who were shot on tuesday are laid to rest and we will be bringing you reaction from the local community. ♪ well a shia mosque attacked in the pakistan city of peshawar during friday prayers and it was a crowded mosque and we go life to islamabad and what do you know about what has happened? >> reporter: well, according to the reports, a number of attackers dressed in security forces uniforms stormed mosque at friday afternoon prayers were underway this is a shia mosque in islamabad area and adjacent to the tribal area after attack one of the bombers was able to blow himself up another bomber was wounded because of the blast, his explosion did not go off so there would have been more casualties if the second blast also happened and they were carrying hand grenades and there are a number of casualties according to the hospital sources now at least eight people were killed and 50 wounded in this particular attack. >> we have seen massive securi

fahmy mohamed and peter greste spent more than a year behind bars. greste was deported to his native australia a few weeks ago. fahmy relinquished his egyptian citizenship in the hopes deportation would follow. instead, he remains egypt. he and mohamed are required to check in with police each day. >> i wait and see, but i'm happy that i was returned back. i will not stay in prison. i'm happy that i'm going back to my family. >> mohamed only recently met the youngest of his three children for the first time. his son was born during his imprisonment. the waiting and uncertainty continues. for fahmy, the toll is becoming unbearable. >> it's become really costly for me, and on every level emotionally, financially, my whole family is stressed. >> legal experts have called the case against the men a farce. six other al jazeera journalists have been sentenced in absentia to a decade each behind bars. throughout their plight, journalists across the globe have come to their defense with protest. it's a campaign that will continue until all the journalists ar

mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are still behind bars. it was said: lion loan canada's foreign minister said the release of mohamed fadel fahmy is imminent. diplomats efforts were going well. as o when it was expected to happen. there's no official word from the egyptian government. >> plenty more still ahead on al jazeera. including... ..the united nations rule on a genocide case over atrocities during the break up with yugoslavia. >> weeknights on al jazeera america. >> we're still here every night, just a little bit later. we're still taking a hard look at the most important issues out there to get you the answers you deserve. >> "real money with ali velshi" at its new time. 10:30 eastern. >> we're just doing it a little later every night. >>> hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, the iraqi government and the leading shia militia are declaring and is ready to move into the i.s.i.l. strongholds. >>> the head of a u.n. inquiry looking into alleged war crimes during gaza has resigned. william schabas told al jazeera the commission m

fahmy would be released. foreign minister john baird continues to raise his concern with senior egyptian officials. jim munson is a member of the canadian senate, now that peter greste has been returned home, canada needs to push even harder for mohamed fahmy's freedom. >> i sit here outraged what has happened in cairo with mohamed fahmy. i always thought from the get-go that the prime minister from this country should have intervened right away. we have been told over the last many months that there are back channels, there are front channels so on, so forth. but it should be the main channel and the main channel is the prime minister.of prime minister of this country. any other canadian journalist in particular circumstances of this would have been released months ago. talking to president sisi, should get this done. the awfnt journalist is home and said if i'm allowed to be free then we should all be free and that includes other journalists who are in egyptian jails as we speak. >> chinese president xi jin

we know that mohamed fahmy has yet to arrive. he's been brought in from a nearby hospital.t we are hearing now for over the past two days is the rational for the appeal. the judge releasing his very condemning damning appraise the of the last year's trial saying the initial tried failed to provide evidence that they belonged to the muslim brotherhood or were helping the muslim brotherhood and failed to investigate whether the confessions were done under arrest. and wondered why they were tried in a terrorism court since their charges, alleged crimes were nonviolent. so there has been a lot of optimism from the family after this appraisal by the appeals judge, but they are still cautious because they know that it could still take another year or so if this trial goes forward. >> good to hear from you. ian lee cnn correspondent reporting on -- for us out of cairo. >>> now, a court in south korea has found a former korean air executive guilty of violating aviation safety law. weather chow has accused of forcing a plain to off-load a stewart because she didn't like the way the

that's what mohamed fahmy said. they are really happy that peter greste is out, but he wants all of them to be treated equally. just like peter greste is guilty of nothing, we are guilty of flog. we didn't commit any acts of violence to be charged with terrorism. and he raised the egyptian flag in court and all the people inside applauded. so mohamed fahmy just gave a speech to explain why he decided to denounce his egyptian nationality and he said that the officials talked to him, promised him that he would be out soon but that did not happen. so peter greste is out while both mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed are in trial today, waiting for the fate to be decided by the judge. >> and very emotional and dramatic scenes inside that courtroom. and you mentioned peter greste i know he tweeted his support for his colleagues. just remind us exactly what it is that these two men are accused of having done wrong. >> reporter: yes the three of them actually were charged with aiding the now-banned muslim brotherhood group and

al jazerra producers mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed have been granted bail at the start of their retilees important a huge relief for their families. >> translator: i am going immediately to tell the kids that their father is coming home today. and that life will be beautiful. i'll wait to welcome him back. life has changed today. >> reporter: fahmy was asked by the judge to pay a security bond of around $33,000. >> we will play by the law and follow everything, abide by everything in the egyptian law and i am sure he's been vindicated by this and completely vindicated laid ore in this case. >> reporter: the judicial fight will continue until the charges have dropped. bahar was initially sentenced to 10 year old and fahmy seven years in prison that, decision was recently overturned. egypt's highest court of appeals has challenged the evidence presented by the prosecution. saying the proceedings were flawed and ordered a retrial. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: earlier this month another al jazerra journalist peter greste was deport today australia after 400 days in detention. fahmy

canadian-egyptian fahmy and egyptian national mohamed are still imprisoned.hree were initially sentenced to seven to 10 years but earlier this month, an , egyptian court ordered a retrial. egypt's court of -- the managing director of al jazeera english, al anstey spoke in doha after greste's release. >> we spoke to peter earlier on this afternoon, just after he was released from detention. i can't tell you how relieved we are that peter has left egypt and is on his way to be reunited with his family. it is a day of mixed emotions. we have to focus on the fact that baher and mohamed are still behind bars for hundred days after being taken into detention. that injustice needs to come to an end. there guilty of nothing apart from great journalism. >> egyptian authorities accuse al jazeera of being a mouthpiece of the muslim brotherhood. the three journalists absolutely deny this and all the charges against them. the timing of greste's release came as a surprise, just days after egypt suffered one of the bloodiest militant attacks in years. more than 30 members o

baher was originally sentenced to 10 years and fahmy to 7 years years. proceedings were flawed and ordered a retrial. another al jazeera journalist peter greste was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. fahmy was told by the egyptian authorities that the only way to secure his release would be to denounce his egyptian citizenship which he has done. wildly condemned by human rights organizations. six other al jazeera journalists were sentenced in absent sha. an absent absentia. >> tony abbott issued his convictions for inmates for drug charges. >>> 16 people killed and 30 hurt a paper in nuevo leon state said the train was carrying 60 passengers. >>> united nations urging the mexican government to do further investigation, on the case of the 43 students missing in miguelguerrero state. >> a national problem that's how a u.n. committee described forced disappearances in mexico. a panel has urged mexico to further investigate the matter. >> we do not have the numbers precisely, there are exactly six persons put to trial and sentenced for this c

the canadian government is is callings for immediate release of mohamed fahmy. canadian official raised the case of mohamed fahmy with egyptian officials 15 times in the last nine days. we understand this is an upsetting timing for the family, we continue to call for mohamed fahmy's immediate release. >>> while fahmy and baher mohamed have been accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood, something they deny. the two-phase retrial this thursday a third al jazeera journalist peter greste has been released unconditionally. >>> the united nations envoy to syria is in town for talks with the government. seeking a truce for the biggest city in the country aleppo. moalem says he plans to push for a freeze in fighting to get aid into the city. at the height of clashes between rebel forces and competing groups. force he made it clear that damascus will not be accepting foreign ground troops in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> i clearly say that we are keen in defending syria's sovereignty. the syrian arab army is carrying out its mission with courage. >> said to

and i know that there is mohamed fahmy and mohamed and seven other people convicted alongside us andrs that had nothing to do with our case that are serving prison sentences and so amidst all of this relief i still feel a sense of concern, a real sense of worry because if it's appropriate to me if it's right for me to be free then it's right for all of them to be free and those convicted to be free of those convictions. >> i want to ask you about that yesterday, the process for you personally how the day evolved and also how it felt for you, for example, what was the last thing you said to your colleagues how did the day play out for you, is it something expected and the emotion you felt? >> i woke up thinking of the campaign ahead of us really feeling as though we were going to have to spend an extended stretch in prison and i went for a run and the prison warden called me over and told me you know time to pack your stuff. i said what do you mean? he said you are going. i said where, to another prison. no. no. the embassy is coming and will be here in an hour get your stuff and go.

the case she went on, raised the situation with mohamed fahmy in the last 19 days. we understand it's an upsetting day for the family and we continue to call for his immediate release. >>> now, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed refuse to be connecticuted with the muslim brotherhood and a third prisoner, peter greste, has been unconditionally released. >>> collecting taxes from its palestinian neighbors but palestinian members say they will not pay up. >> abdel jabbary are an illegal settlement neighbors his home. the charges he received were a tax called a rnona i don't get any services from the israeli settlement. everything here, the land, the water, all the it is are provided by the hebron municipality. >> his land is rounded by israeli settlements. 12 years ago israeli settlers constructed this structure on his property. he took it to court and the judge said it should be removed. this ruling makes it uncertain that jabbary, part of a long and well documented campaign of harassment by the settlement council. governor of hebron, tells me palestinians who live close

this is over. >> mohamed fadel fahmy holds egyptian and canadian citizenship. canada's foreign minister said mohamed fadel fahmy's release is imminent but gave no further details. to look at the legality we are joined by jamie. egypt's constitution guarantees free speech. there was a farcical trial where no real evidence was presented against the men. it took a new law for them to be freed. >> i bet a lot watching are amazed to hear that there's a constitution let alone there's freedom of the press, given how many journalists are in prison. there's a new decree and that is the guys underwhich abdul fatah al-sisi freed peter and gives him the authority to repatriate convicted prisoners. >> it does. it gives the authority to send journalists and other prisoners back to their own country. the problem is what about those who are not with dual citizenship, those that are egyptian journalists or others. >> it was fine for peter greste who was an australian he was able to be deported and we hope it will be fine for mohamed fadel fahmy, who has a dual canadian egyptian

baher was initially sentenced to ten years, and fahmy to seven years in prison.ision was recently overturned. egypt's highest court of appeals has challenged the evidence presented by the prosecution. it says the proceedings were flawed and has ordered a retrial. [ cheers ] >> reporter: earlier month, another al jazeera journalist peter peter greste was deported to australia after 400 days in prison. fahmy was told his only way to freedom was to denounce his egyptian sit sinship, which he has done. they were wrongly accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. six other colleagues from al jazeera were sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison. al jazeera continues to call on egypt to have all of its journalists exonerated. richard martin al jazeera. >>> myanmar's state media says that 47 soldiers have been killed in four days of fighting with ethnic chinese rebels. it says the troops died trying to stop rebels from taking over an area near the chinese border. the government also carried out air strikes. china's foreign ministry has called for calm. >> r

. ♪ after 411 days in an egypt jail journalist fahmy and mohamed have been granted bail a judge issued today. >> the move is days after their colleagues peter greste was released and deported after 400 days behind bars and could be a major step to ending the long nightmare. >> reporter: this could be the beginning of the end for an ordeal that lasted for more than 400 days, al jazeera producers fahmy and mohamed have been granted bail at the start of their retrial and come has a huge relief for their families. >> translator: i'm going immediately to tell the kids their father is coming home today and life will be beautiful and wait to welcome him back life has changed today. >> reporter: fahmy was asked by the judge to pay a security bond of around $33,000. >> i will respond and abide by everything in egyptian law and i'm sure he has been vindicated by this and vindicated later on in the case and falls apart completely. >> reporter: if fight for fahmy and mohamed will continue until it's dropped and he was sentenced ten and fahmy seven years and it was overturned and the court of appea

but mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are behind bars. the network says all threes have to be ex-ownerated and convictions against other journalist tried in absentia have to be lifted. the managing director of al jazeera english says although the network is relieved to hear about the release of peter greste it demands the release of other journalists held. >> we spoke to peter this afternoon, after he was released from detention, and i can't tem you how relieved we are that peter left egypt and is on his way to bereunited with his family. tas day of mixed emotion, and we have to focus on the fact that baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy are still behind bars 400 days after being taken in to detention. that injustice needs to come to an end. they are guilty of nothing, apart from great journal. >>. -- journalism >>> australia prime minister welcomed what he assaulted -- australia foreign minister welcomed the release. >> i'm here to announce that peter greste has been released unconditionally from gaol in cairo and has departed from egyp

baher was initially sentenced to ten years and fahmy to seven years in prison. that decision was recently overturned. egypt's highest court of appeals have challenged the evidence brented by the prosecution. it says proceedings were flawed, and has ordered a retrial. [ cheering ] earlier this month another al jazeera journalist peter greste was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. fahmy an egyptian-canadian was told by authorities that his only way to freedom was to renounce his egyptian citizenship, which he has done. they have been wrongly accused of promoting the banned muslim brotherhood. their trials are been widely condemned by the international community and by human rights organizations. six other colleagues from al jazeera were sentenced in abstentia to ten years in prison. al jazeera continues to call on egypt to have all of its journalists exuberated. richard martin, al jazeera. >> u.s. president barack obama has asked technology firms to share more information with security services to tactical cyber crime. senior executives from google

. >>> mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have left egypt after being freed on bail. you may remember they spent more than a year behind bars. a court ordered their release, pending a retrial that will take place later this month. mohamed fahmy had to pay bail and has to check in with the police station every day. our correspondent in cairo, sally nabil, has been telling me about the reaction to this release. >> reporter: it is a sense of relief, a sense of happiness, whether among the defendant's families the lawyers, or even among human rights activists and journalists here in europe the two journalists were released this morning from a police station. they didn't give any statement to the press. however, i had spoken to their families yesterday in court, and the sense i got is that they now, they are getting ready for a break, a breath of freedom. they are going to spend some time together. a picture of baher mohamed's family has been posted on twitter this morning with the word, "reunion" below the picture. baher mohamed's younger son was born while he was in pris

mohamed fahmy, al jazeera english's cairo bureau chief has canadian nationality as well as egyptian. it's widely expected he'll also be freed and deported to canada in the coming days although there is some confusion over a move to drop his egyptian citizenship as part of that process. but the future of baher mohamed, the producer, looks much less rosy. he has only egyptian nationality. his wife fears that once the other two are freed, international pressure for his release will die away, leaving him to face his ten-year sentence. his best hope may be the retrial the court ordered last month. but al jazeera says they'll continue to maintain for baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy and peter greste has told his family he will do. >> there's no doubt he'll devote some of his time and energy to that cause. and i think, straight up he's not going to forget his two other colleagues. there's no doubt that his excitement is tempered and restrained and will be until they're free. so we won't give up until they're out of there. >> reporter: the fight of international journalists behind bars has hi

. >> baher and his colleague, mohammed fahmy were granted bail on thursday.has come as a huge relief. they have been imprisoned since december 2013. but the judicial fight will continue until the charges are dropped. baher was initially centsed to 10 years and fahmy to 7 years in prison. >> decision was recently overturned. he script's highest court of appeals has challenged the evidence presented by the prosecution prosecution. it says proceedings were flawed. it ordered a retrial. >> earlier this month, another al jazeera journalist peter greste was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. fahmy was told by the authorities that his way to freedom was to renounce his egyptian citizenship, which he has done. the threeays journalists, bahar, fahmy and greste have been accused of promoting the muslim brotherhood. their trial has been largely condemned. six other colleagues from al jazeera were sentenced in absentia in to 10 years in prison. al jazeera calls on egypt to have all of its journalits exonerated. richard martin. >>> stay with us. coming up

baher was initially sentenced to ten years, and fahmy to seven years in prison.at decision was recently overturned. the highest court of appeals has challenged the proceedings. it says the proceedings were flawed and ordered a retrial. earlier this month, peter greste was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. fahmy, who is an egyptian canadian was told by the authorities that his only way to freedom was to renounce his egyptian citizenship, which he has done. the three al jazeera journalists, baher, fahmy, and greste had been wrongly accused of promoting the banned muslim brotherhood. their trial was widely condemned by the international community. six other colleagues from al jazeera were sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison. al jazeera continues to call on egypt to have all of its journalists exonerated. richard martin al jazeera. >>> a united nations watchdog has called on mexico to further investigate the disappearance of 43 students last september. the committee on enforced disappearances says that government officials could have been in

money while the retrial of two al jazeera journalists in egypt has been adjourned and mohamed and fahmy accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges they deny and court adjourned the case because there were not enough witnesses a new court date for march the 8 and we report. >> reporter: it was a moment of hope mohamed fahmy and bahir mohamed freed on bail earlier this month but still bear the weight of criminal charges and a retrial, instead of dismissing the charges a judge adjourned the case until march 8th. the men are accused of aiding the muslim brotherhood and declared a terrorist organization before they were arrested on december 29 2013 and mohamed and peter greste spend more than a year behind bars. greste was deported back to his native australia a few weeks ago and fahmy told to relinquish citizenship and pay $3300 security bond and he went home to his wife and children and missed the birth of his son while he was in jail. >> i think i start crying and the first time my children tell me stop going to work. don't leave again. you spend too much time and work an

baher and fahmy were convicted and that rhizopi overturned. the evidence presented by the prosecution was said to be flawed and a retoo trial was ordered. >> earlier this month another journalist meter greste was deported to australia after 400 days in detention. fahmy, an egyptian canadian was told by authorities that his only way to freedom is to renounce his egyptian citizenship, which he has done. the three al jazeera journalists, mommy mohamed and greste were arrested in december 2013. they were wrongly accused of promoting the banned muslim brotherhood. their trial's been widely condemned by the international community and human rights organizations. six other colleagues from al jazeera were sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison. al jazeera continues to call on egypt to have all of its journalists exonerated. >> still to come on the program: >> parliament punch out lawmakers shown the door in south africa. plus: >> the desperate need to save water anyway they can because of the severe drought in brazil's biggest city. >> i'm report