you have bahar mohammed who is in prison, too. they will likely appeal this verdict.his would be their last appeal. >> okay. thank you very much. let's cross to our diplomatic editor james bays in london. you have been monitoring international reaction to that verdict. what's being said? >> i think there is shock at the outcome of this case. diplomats were following this extremely closely that. courtroom it was in, there were also diplomats in there, the canadian ambassador, the dutch ambassador, the u.k. am bass dorm, all watching this verdict. we have some formal reactions that have come fromcapped action f, mohammed fahmy was a canadian national. canada says it's disappointed with his conviction. the statement goes on that senior canadian officials in canada and in cairo are pressing the egyptian authorities on mr. fahmy's case advocating for the same treatment as mr. fahmy as or foreign nationals have received >> a reference to peter greste that perhaps mohammed fahmy could be sent back to canada. in the last few minutes, i have the first reaction from the united

a retrial was supposed to give bahar mohammed, fahmy and peterieste a second opportunity top clear theires. justice was denied yet again. >> i don't know how i am going to survive this without him. >> the judge said he wanted to make clear to the people of egypt that these men were not journalists and doctored videos for air. then he sentenced them to more prison time. three years for fahmy and greste, three and a half for mohammed. they already spent more than a year behind bars. >> it's outrageous. it's just devastating for me. i mean i know my heart is with them. >> journalists in the courtroom describe a tense and angry atmosphere after the verdict. from the beginning, the case has been called a sham. leaders including president obama have joined journalists across the globe condemning it. the men have been convicted of aiding the muslim brotherhood, which the egyptian government now deems a terrorist group. >> they were arrested on false charges. they were convicted without a shred of evidence. >> at no point did any of the unfounded allegations stand up to scrutiny. >> the canadian

the egyptian bahar mohammed where he got a 3 and a half year sentence, the producer in the cairo office and six months more than his colleagues because he was found with a spent cartridge which he maintains he picked up at a protest. al jazeera's cairo bureau chief, the canadian mohammed fahmy, a man who was a national but dropped egyptian citizenship. three years for him and the same sentence for the australian peter greste. ays correspondent was deported back to australia earlier this year having been tried e67 ebb though epwasn't in the country. press freedom groups and the united nations, samantha barr called the verdict another significant blow for press freedom. let's get the details and the background today from natash natasha gname. >> reporter: hope, then heart break in an egyptian courtroom as two journalists return to s campaign. natasha gname. >> reaction globally to those developments in egypt. routed by the glom attic editor, james bays. >> getting diplomatic reaction from around the world. lots of countries issued statements. all of them have condemned these verdicts, fro

peter greste, bahar mohamed and month hammed fahmy were sentenced to three years in prison.azerra deny the allegationses. >> there has never been any evidence presented in the first trial or the second to confirm any of the allegations against us. in fact, i would like to publically challenge the prosecutor to present evidence of anything that we produced that was falsified. >>> malaysia's prime minister has criticized demonstrators. they want him to resign and the amid corruptions allegations but the prime minister said their actions are not sensible. he's saying the street protests are not the right champion to voice their concerns. wayne hay reports from koala lumpur. >> reporter: they converged on the center in the 10s of thousands. calling for the resignation of prime minister. it hasn't happened yet. but the leaders of the owe called movement say their protest can be still be called a success. >> in the name of parliament for them to put in. [ inaudible ] in par lamb. this is really a message, a true signal to the prime minister that he need to go. >> reporter: behshi

peter greavedder bahar mohamed and mohammedded familia fahmy we sentenced to three nears in prison they accusations. >> there is never any evidence that the prosecutor presented eighth third first trial or the second to confirm any of the allegations against us. and, in fact, i would like to publically challenge the prosecutor to present evidence of anything that we produced that was falsified. >>> lebanese security forces say 10 people were arrested during saturday's demonstration in the capital. police pushed back protesters who tried to set fire to barricades in front of the government head quarters in beirut. it is the second weekend of mass rallies which began as a protest against rubbish piling up on the street. the demonstration has become a wider campaign against the government which protesters say is corrupt and ineffective. >>> mark dow is electorate at the university of beirut and also one of the organizers of this protest movement and joins us now live via skype from beirut. thanks for being with us on the program. this protest -- >> thank you for having me. >> -- has become

three years and mohammed, three and a half years for allegedly aiding the now-banned muslim brotherhood. >> it's outrageous. it's just devastating for me. i mean i know my heart is with baharnd th bahar and fahmy. >> ae-pauled at today's verdict. they were arrested on false charges. they have been convicted without a sled of evidence. they were imprisoned over a year, and now, they are going back to prison. it's disgraceful. >> fahmy's attorney says their strategy now is to seek an immediate deportation back to canada, something he has been attempting to do for months. even relinquished citizenship but mohammed has no such option. and the conviction will make it difficult for greste to continue working as a foreign correspondent. >> for us to be convicted as terrorists on no evidence at all is frankly outrageous. it can only have been a political -- for political reasons. >> their legal fight continues, but greste said they need the global community to continue fighting with them by promoting the free aj staff campaign. natasha gname, al jazeera. >> let's speak to amnesty international there. joining us from london and thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. what was