accused of broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions both mahmoud hussein and al jazeera strongly deny the allegations and urging his immediate release laura bird and mandy reports . locked up in solitary confinement al jazeera journalist mahmud hussein is yet to have any formal charges brought against him the egyptian national was stopped questioned and detained in december two thousand and sixteen after traveling from doha where he was based to visit his family in cairo he's been held in the notorious tour a maximum security prison where he's complained of mistreatment hussein and al jazeera strongly deny the allegations against him that he broke last false news women writing letters in the last. african union playing to be in a lot of the good offices. democracy in the country by his lot of. which include press freedom and freedom of expression egypt level similar charges against al-jazeera trio bahama homage mohamed fahmy i'm peter greste five years ago and as there are explore my editor in chief ibrahim helal was sentenced to death and absentia two yea

would you describe the treatment of the media journalists by this government well first of all mahmoud hussein should never have spent a single day in prison the fact that it's now been six hundred days is simply unthinkable to reporters without borders has many times and we reiterate this called for his immediate and unconditional release he's one of at least thirty six journalists and citizen journalists that we know of who are currently jailed in egypt in connection with their work so this problem is clearly broader than just this case but the fact that it has been so long and that he has not been formally charged in that long period is frankly it's appalling is there anything that can be done because it seems as though this is part of a broader crackdown that we've seen on civil rights activists prominent critics of the government they say it's all on national security grounds but ultimately international criticism from the u.n. human rights office more recently seems to fall on deaf ears yes it's absolutely related to his journalism that he's been targeted the charges against him and othe

often become targets for performing their jobs it is more than six hundred days not a journalist mahmoud hussein was arrested and jailed in egypt without charge hussein is accused of broadcasting false news of that sounds familiar and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions he and al-jazeera strongly deny the allegations the network continues to demand his immediate release i'm sure you've got an opinion on the fake news on donald trump on these editorials today so to send them in to us the hash tag is a.j. news good twitter facebook and whatsapp we'll show you those details a little later on of calls we want to look though at the collapse of the motorway bridge in genoa which has prompted the italian government to consider taking charge of the entire motorway network away from the private companies and the contractors who currently run them because these pictures from a drone up above the bridge it's extraordinary. thirty nine people so far confirmed dead and while the search is still on for those missing there's a blame game as well amongst politicians italy's deputy prime ministe

and it's now been six hundred days or well over a year and a half since al jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein was arrested and jailed in egypt without charge he's accused of broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions allegations he as well as al-jazeera deny the media network and others are demanding his release as laura burden manly reports. locked up in solitary confinement al jazeera journalist mahmud hussein is yet to have any formal charges brought against him the egyptian national was stopped questioned and detained in december two thousand and sixteen after traveling from doha where he was based to visit his family in cairo he's been held in the notorious tour a maximum security prison where he's complained of mistreatment hussein and al jazeera strongly deny the allegations against him that he broke last false news writing letters in the last. african thing to me in a lot of the good offices. democracy in the country but he's a lot of people which include press freedom and freedom of expression egypt level similar charges against al jazeera trio b