i will also be making contact with their ambassador in cairo, dr. ralph king. at this stage dr. king is in contact with the greste family and he is in contact with the egyptian authorities and i wish him to continue in that role while we undertake an investigation as to what is possible in terms of an intervention at the stage. and i do point out that the greste family currently conferring with their legal chain as to what advice they will be taking in relation to an appeal. >> the preference is to seek ways to have the convict shunl overturned rather than a pardon. >> at this stage we are seeing what intervention is possible. i have had many conversations we egyptian authorities over the last few months and i have been informed in the past that the whole legal process must run its course before the egyptian president can consider a pardon. we want to initiate contact at this stage to see if an intervention at an earlier point in the legal proceedings is possible. i expect that there will be considerable international comments on the matter. i expect that the egyptian government

this ceremony is taking place in cairo while in the north-east, in the north-east of cairo we can show you now a different picture, however. these are hundreds of pro-mohamed mursi supporters who have turned out in the town of el shakir to show support for the deposed president mohamed mursi. let's bring in now our analyst carol kirsten, a senior lecturer in the study of the islam, and the muslim world, at kings college, london. carol, thank you for standing by. there we see the polarized egypt, don't we, and the one hand in cairo we are seeing abdul fatah al-sisi being sworn in. he's now the president of egypt and on the other hand, north-east of cairo in a little town where we have thousands of people who have gathered to show their support for the deposed president. he's coming into a very polarized egypt at the moment, isn't he? >> yes. that is, indeed, the immediate challenge that abdul fatah al-sisi will be facing. obviously in spite of the crackdown over the past year, it does not mean that support for the organization and its political arm has evaporated. of course, today's ina

there are three journalists here who all have sentences in cairo who need to be talked about. it's really a shocking result and one i don't think anyone was expecting especially considering for instance the australian prime minister the statement he released and it seemed like everyone was hopeful to see a positive outcome. >> we spoke to someone from amnesty international and said they will continue the campaign but the heart of the issue is this is not that unusual sadly. how confident are you to keep the momentum going and journalists bringing attention to the plight of our colleagues in cairo, how can you keep this going? >> reporter: i don't think there will be problem with keeping attention on the issue and this is increasingly important and especially if the arab world unfortunately. so there has been such international support so far. as i said earlier journalists themselves feel threatened by what has been happening to our colleagues in cairo and so they will continue to be a great deal of support. when i spoke to peter greste's brother he said the social media suppor

the threat to a free media reaches far beyond cairo.ore conversation with al jazeera journalist sentenced in absentia to a decade behind bars. if i told you that a free ten-second test could mean less waiting for things like security backups and file downloads you'd take that test, right? well, what are you waiting for? you could literally be done with the test by now. now you could have done it twice. this is awkward. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. that's why i always choose the fastest intern.r slow. the fastest printer. the fastest lunch. turkey club. the fastest pencil sharpener. the fastest elevator. the fastest speed dial. the fastest office plant. so why wouldn't i choose the fastest wifi? i would. switch to comcast business internet and get the fastest wifi included. comcast business. built for business. >>> chilling, draconian, defying logic. global outrage and condemnation over the sentencing of three al jazeera journalists a

al jazeera rejects the charges - we can go live now to cairo. in a moment. first this story. >> reporter: a verdict six months in the making for a crime doing their job. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have spent the last 177 days behind bars in egypt. they are accused of spreading false news and aiding the muslim brotherhood, which the government declared a terrorist organization. al jazeera rejects all charges. the prosecution pushes for the maximum - peter greste, 7 years and mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed 15 years. the evidence against them included video from a different channel, and work covering other parts of africa. his family is hopeful his court appearance on monday will be his last and the long-awaited start to freedom. >> when you look at the case, anybody with passing superficial knowledge of the law realises that there can be one verdict. >> reporter: a fourth journalist abdullah al-shami was freed after spending 307 days in prison without being charged. his release was ordered tore health reasons. he had been on hun

let's have a look first of all at the words of the man who as you said was in cairo only 24 hours ago and discussed this with the egyptian president, that is u.s. secretary of state john kerry. he called to express his serious displeasure. this is a chilling and draconian verdict coming out of cairo, that verdict read 24 hours after that same secretary of state, john kerry, was in the egyptian capital. we also got a reaction from the white house here today. the white house is calling on the egyptian government to pardon all of the journalists involved in this case or to commute their sentences. this is a call from the white house for their immediate release. the only good news in all of this is that the united states appeared to now start or at least kick-started a new relationship with the egyptians with that visit by john kerry do cairo yesterday maybe gives the united states a bit of leeway here. again, this is a call for an immediate release from the white house and if there is any leverage from the united states, this is the time to use it. >> and is this likely to have any impac

what's your reaction to these verdicts we are seeing now from this cairo court?> well, my reaction is one of anger and dismay as well as the fundamental concept of the freedom of expression and the rest is concerned. on one hand we see freedom of expression being sacrificed in the streets of cairo by the government but on the other hand those two western states, united states and australia which has a vested interest in mr. peter greste they all have the responsibility because the removal of the morsi is no longer in use and that was elected and now we have a dictator with a vested interest in europe and coming at a high cost and the same government is trying to dismantle every freedom of expression and mr. peter greste verdict today proves that. all i have to say is this, that the war is literally treading a very type rope of hyprocracy and we know he is in the east and world leaders are watching but again for the last one year or more the al jazeera journalists and that is not the issue of al jazeera journalist, it's the issue of the freedom of the press that w

ato i've heard you think cairo. >> it was the idea, a tape that he had been in cairo in a search area. we're talking about 1 million people. that was all we had. i took the copy of this photograph and basically flew to cairo. we were searching for three days going small hotel to small hotel. >> the source told you he lived in a hotel? >> is a tape he had been living in a small hotel. >> you need to did a rough stone of cairo? >> it was so we had to >> could've been 500 hotels, thousand hotels. >> trust me, we had to go knock on the doors many hotels. >> so you fly to cairo. what do you do? >> i took this copy of the photograph and went from small hotel to small hotel and asked people do you know this person. >> and people would say no or why are you asking? >> some people were 13, they were carriers. they're asking why is looking for an? i don't know him, but his dear father? no, he's not my father. at some stage somebody said there is a place used to be a hotel. it no longer is, but why did she go not there. this is where we found basically the first with his. >> describe the place.

i did stories on tourism, the pollution on the streets of cairo. as did my colleagues, many of the same sorts of stories. nothing that merited th the sentence. i left six months before they went to jail. i was talking to peter greste and said, what does this mean to the people in egypt? >> none of it makes sentence. what do you know about what happens next legally? >> we are taking stock. we're talking to the lawyers. there is talk of appeal. who knows what is going on in the minds of the egyptian or even the new egyptian president, whether that is a possibility. but i do know that the various governments across the world are very involved. the british government has been quite forth right in reacting. we know before now the american government has been quite forthright. we're looking to them to keep up the pressure behind the scenes and say these guys were just doing their job. let them out. >> our correspondent in peter greste's hometown in brisbane has more. >> we have not heard anything from the parents of peter greste who live in brisbane, aus

the pictures you see are pictures of a palace in the east of cairo. that is where the new egyptian president abdul fatah al-sisi is heading to. he may be inside right now. tee took the oath of office at the supreme constitutional court and he agreed to have another ceremony and inauguration in front of an international audience of invited guests. we are not sure when that is due to get under way and when the president will make a speech, but when and if he does, we'll return to cairo as soon as that happens. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its journalists detained in egypt. three staff accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood has been held for 162 days. egyptian prosecutors demanded the maximum penalty for them. they want seven years in gaol for peter greste, and and 15 for badakhshan, and mohamed fadel fahmy. the lawyer for abdullah al-shami requested his release on medical grouped. he has been held without charge since august. he insists he will not break the fast until he is released. >> to other news and dozens of peo

john kerry was in cairo to help restore u.s. ties with the egyptian government nearly one year after a military coup. john kerry held talks with the new president sisi for the former egyptian general who led the overthrow of mohamed morsi last july. the obama administration partially suspended aid egypt, but has avoided a full cutoff by refusing to deem morsi's ouster a coup. at a news conference in cairo, john kerry said he expects a full resumption of u.s. military aid in the coming months, beginning with around 570 $5 million already released in the last 10 days. john kerry a said egypt wilson received a long shipment of military helicopters -- john kerry said egypt wilson received a long-awaited shipment of military helicopters. >> they will be used in a place were egypt has been working very, very hard in concert with israel and others and with us in order to push back against these terrorist activities. >> he spoke one day after egyptian forces broke up a march against an anti-protest law that bars unsanctioned demonstrati

hundreds of people in august were killed as security forces stormed protest camps in cairo. the muslim brotherhood says that the number of those killed is in the thousands. while in september, the interim government banned the muslim brotherhood, and in december, the muslim brotherhood is declared a terrorist group, and any links, including reporting on them became illegal. now, in the same month three al jazeera english journalists are arrested, and their trial conditions. >> in march, the man who let the coup, abdul fatah al-sisi, quits as army chief to run for president. then in may, he wins the election with 97% of the vote. joining us live from london is carol kirsten, a senior lecturer in the study of muslim in kings college. thank you for being with us. it's one thing to lead an army and another to lead a country. egypt had several army generals who became leaders as well. how different do you see abdul fatah al-sisi's presidency being? >> it is, indeed, going to be a different challenge which the former field marshal is going to face. today it closes a chapter of a t

when cairo presented its evidence. it claimed that peter greste, baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy, had conspired with the muslim brotherhood, and what it showed was a footage from a press conference from nairobi was shown with absolutely no context. also without context we had images from peter greste's laptop those are of his parents on holiday in germany and in latvia. finally, some al jazeera footage was shown, interviews from the muslim brotherhood, a group that is banned. but about sheet herding and football and a pop video from a bell january sing are songwriter. just what this is meant to prove who knows. throughout the hearings there was simply no credible evidence on hand. unfortunately it is that very evidence which has left our three colleagues behind bars and the world asking, for what? >> up next, not just egypt, the other countries where journalists are being locked up simply for trying to hold governments accountable. as our special report, war on truth, continues. >> an al jazeera special report. war on

>> i first got back to cairo last september. i hadn't been in the country all year and wasn't covering the coup. i was back do cover the african union when our bureau was raided by authorities. we ended up in a hotel room. courts and prosecution tried to make something suspicious out of the fact we were operating in the hotel room. you and i do that a lot and other colleagues. we were stuck there. i was a special correspondent. we went dark. we eventually went back in vision. i suppose we gained confidence that nothing happened in october. so i think we really thought even though we had to be careful as all international journalists do in cairo because there's a huge media crack down, we did think they were recognizing the government was trying to be fair and balanced in government of what was happening in egypt. none of my reports were noteworthy. they were doing the daily 24 hour news you cover on all subjects. the idea anything could be picked and out accused of this bias and aiding and a betting terrorism doesn't stack up. >

it's been exactly five years since president obama gave that historic address at cairo university.omised a new era of u.s. and arab and muslim relations. >> so long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. and this cycle of suspicion and discord must end. >> so has that cycle of suspicion and discord ended? what's going on right now? let's welcome the president of the arab-american institute, james zogby, to us right now. you just conducted, five years after the speech, an important poll, arab attitudes. give us a headline. >> i think suspicions remain, and a lack of confidence is clearly there. a sense that the u.s. cannot deliver on the promises of the cairo speech, i think, colors the whole arab attitude toward america and the president. >> do they approve of the way president obama 5 1/2 years into his administration is conducting policy in the middle east? >> well, some issues, yes. for example,

it all happens in cairo's grand cathedral.apal election in 41 years, and copts from all over egypt had come for what was likely to be a once-in- a-lifetime experience. it's the last step in a process that has narrowed the candidates for pope down to three. but the final choice is made by a boy who is blindfolded and led to a crystal chalice containing the three names. the name on the piece of paper the boy picks becomes the next pope of coptic christians. they believe his choice is not a roll of the dice, but is inspired by the divine. when the name is read out, pandemonium reigns. ( cheers and applause ) the new pope, called tawadros ii, is a 61-year-old pharmacist turned monk, and the 118th pope in a line stretching back to the 1st century. now, in the roman catholic church, a pope is elected, as you know, by secret ballot behind closed doors. and you are selected by a boy... >> pope tawadros ii: yes. >> simon: ...putting his hand in a box. how did that come to pass? >> pope tawadros ii: this is a tradition in the coptic chu

but we should start from when i went back to cairo last september. went back to cover the african union conference were they discussing the chances america might get involved in syria at the time. as i was live from the conference, our bureau was rated by security services and equipment was taken. it was closed down. from that moment on we went dark. i became the special correspondent for security reasons. weeks.sted for doing interviews where we didn't put our faces on camera or our names. eventually i said to the boss, will we have to go back to properly reporting in egypt. let's try and see if we are ok. real crackdown of the media. the domestic media in egypt has been virtually silent in speaking out other way than backing the government. the international media was still trying to do its work. we went back on air and we started to try and report. it seem like we were going to be ok. i then left in early november and was anchoring from dale harr and reporting that the muslim brotherhood had been aided terrorist organization. this the president, c

some are considering closing their own bureaus in cairo.hey are aghast at what has happened today. the broadcasters like us about the egyptian government would recognize this wasn't doing their image any good. it wasn't proving they were on the road met democracy. to be frank, their tourism industry has flatlined. to be honest with you if somebody said to me should be gone holiday to egypt, say no. if you have a conscious you shouldn't. notice how they're treating journalists, muslim brotherhood supporters who are now being put in prison, both their own citizens. the real attitude they have, that they don't deserve to what is going on in their own country because they are silencing any free press. >> do think this has anything to do with the fact that al jazeera is from qatar? >> we can't shy away from that. it is on the record. qatar is supportive of the muslim brotherhood and supportive of mohammed morsi. but the qatar government isn't al jazeera english. when i turn up on a story i say it like i see it and like i hear it. i don't speak f

. >> secretary of state john kerry has been meeting with the new leadership in cairo, he has revealed half a million in military aid to egypt has been released. michael jordan reports. >>> it should be no big deal for the u.s. secretary of state to pay a visit to asia. one of the washington's political allies. nearly a year after the military overthrew president mohamed mursi, and the repress that followed. john kerry's goal was to bring a warning to the government. you must pay the way you govern or pay the croft. >> this is a critical moment of transition in egypt with enormous challenges. the one-time general that led the coup is the civilian president. he started to address a few of the u.s.'s complaints. pledging to end a culture of sexual harassment during a visit to a rape victim in hospital. the u.s. wants abdul fatah al-sisi to stop holding mass trials of political opponents. >> he gave me a strong sense to make certain that the process that he put in place, a re-evaluation of human rights legislation, a re-evaluation of the judicial process, and other choices that are availa

the report from cairo. >> the defendants' cage.nside, an australian and two algeria colleagues, just really to al jazeera colleagues, hoping this will end. it has been dismissed as a vindictive farce. the verdict is all the more shocking. guilty. .> seven years >> peter's parents, watching a live feed in australia. >> my god. my god. >> of 20 people on trial, only 2 were acquitted. the rest, most tried in their absence, were given 7-10 year sentences. in court, peter's brothers, andrew and mike, expressed disbelief. >> seven years is absolutely ridiculous. >> this is the verdict they had feared. no wonder the prisoners shouted anguish. it is three meters by four meters, just a small window, and three there. now, they are in lockdown. this was the night of the arrest in late december, and a recording of the raid on the hotel room where the al jazeera journalists were working. peter and the cairo bureau chief sitting next to him were charged with spreading false news in support of the banned muslim brotherhood. for six months, the in

last year every time we covered the media story in egypt, we would conduct our producer in cairo. he would advise us on logistics and help en insure we got the story right. but mohamed fahmy was not available this week. he and his colleagugiven spreading false news and aiding the band muslim brotherhood. some of the prosecution's evidence was so flimsy, it might have been funny if the consequences were not so serious. in egypt, some mainstream media outlets applauded the echoing a wider view of al jazeera, a big part of the arab spring but fell from grace in the eyes of some over a perceived bias in favor of the muslim brotherhood. the crackdown on press freedom is parallel to larger security operation to quell dissent. hundreds have disappeared. some 40,000 have been arrested. those are the kind of stories that risk going untold with journalists in egypt either parroting the narrative or facing the consequences. our starting point this week is cairo. ♪ june 23rd was the 177th day the three journalists from al jazeera english had spent either jailed in a prison or caged in a court

. >> rose: we continue then with the story of the conviction of three al jazeera in cairo we talk to ehab al-shihabi and sue turton of al jazeera. >> this is a crime not just against al jazeera this is a crime against all of the freedom of press. this is really dangerous situation in my mind to the freedom of the press although we are very sad, but on the other hand this will make us stronger. we are determined to make sure that we would be free. and the whole war is standing behind us. >> rose: we close this evening with an appreciation of ajami who died at 48. >> it surprised those who prosecuted the war and people who launched the war and the liberals, it surprised the hawks to saw that iraq would redeem the best. >> rose: the crises in iraq, the conviction of three al jazeera journalists in cairo and rehabbing fouad ajami when we continue. >> there's a saying around here: you stand behind what you say. around here, we don't make excuses, we make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up and make it right. some people think the kind of accountability that thrives

. >> the judge announced the sentence to a packed courtroom in cairo. caged with defendants from other trials, the three, including a former bbc journalist, had been up the. when the judge spoke, it was not what they wanted to hear. peter is sentenced to seven years in prison. the defendants were taken aback by the severity of the jail term. as were others in the courtroom. they said the prosecution had presented no credible evidence against the defendants. outside, disbelief among friends and relatives. >> if they have evidence, how many years could they give him? for nothing they give him seven years? >> australia expressed shock at the verdict. >> we are deeply dismayed by the fact that a sentence has been imposed. we are appalled by the severity of it. it is hard to credit that the court in this case could have reached this conclusion. >> the trial has sparked huge international interests. another nine defendants, including two british and dutch journalist were tried in absentia. the case is also raised concerns about the future of democracy in egyp

we saw ian reporting from cairo. that's a shot of c.n.n. at the moment - not at the moment, but not long ago when they were reporting. thank you to the international media that has kept this alive and you the public. i had this video september to me as well, if i can bring it up. it's a familiar face abdullah al-shami, through the grainy pictures. he was released from prison - let me get out the way - and he's gone back to support the remaining colleagues who are still in gaol. lots of stuff is coming through. we see free aj staff, the two hash tags looking big on twitter. before we go, how you can keep in touch with us. you can go to aljazeera.com, and look at what we have put online to do with the free aj staff. there's 177 days in gaol. if you want to get in touch, send me something you have seep as well. follow here as well, the pr feed with the latest >>> social media played a huge part in highlighting what has been going on in egypt and we'll be here throughout the day to update us. let's go to other new, john kerry has arrived in the

despite that secretary kerry says that president obama has prepared a range of options for iraq in cairo before traveling to iraq kerry had this to say about the present state of both libya and iraq the united states of america is not responsible for what happened in libya nor is it responsible for what's happening

. >> and in cairo, an attack killed a police officer and wounded three other people. it took place on the third anniversary of the protest that led to the removal of mohamed morsi. >> and sarkozy is to be questioned about alleged illegal political donations. >> north korea says two american tourists arrested for allegedly committing hostility acts across the state. matthew miller has been held since april after he ripped up his entry visa and demanded asylum in north korea. we get an update on the case from seoul in south korea. >> there isn't much that the north korean state media is telling us at the moment except few details and also that both men have confessed. we should note that north korea always says that. they did say both men had access to consulate support and they were carrying further investigations with a view to putting both men on trial. in the past when north korea has arrested american tourists or missionaries in this ways are there as usually been a high-level discussions to secure their release. that hasn't happened in these cases. neither has it

speaking in cairo, secretary of state john kerr veshingd the united states is not responsibility for what is happening. he branded isil fighters as a threat. the government has launched airstrikes against targets in mosul, which it was driven out of two weeks ago. hundreds of thousands of people have fled the violence since the crisis began. sunni rebels have taken two towns on the road to baghdad. this follows the capture of the syrian border on saturday. opening up a major highway for those fighters to cross into isil strongholds in syria. a convoy of at least 50 iraqi army tanks has been sentence to reinforce haditha which has been surrounded by sunny fighters. the strategic objective appears to be ramadi. in a moment, we will get more on those comments from the u.s. secretary of state in washington dvments d.c. first live in baghdad, it's been a very busy and confusing day. it's exactly what's happening on the ground when it comes to isil fighters. what do we actually know? >> well, we know the isil fighters took the border with syria and that is the development because it will a

. >> to be frank, the sorts of stories that we were doing last autumn in cairo which is what they were looking at were very run of the mill. we were reporting ton demonstrations, protests, football, one of the things like sheep farming one of my colleagues did or what was going on in the tourism industry. al jazeera does the whole gamut of stories. not just the political sort of thing absolutely everything. for all people to see. to recognize like all 24 hour news channels, we get daily fodder, it's not ground break stuff. that's all we were doing. >> the prosecution of journalists for reporting information that does not coincide with egypt, and represents a blowto democratic progress in egypt. democracy is about more than elections. true democracy requires thriving democratic institutions including a vibrant free press that is empowered to hold the government accountable to the peep em. and u.s -- people. and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry so-called it troubling. >> when i heard about that verdict today, i was so concerned about it and frankly disappointed in it that i immedia

. >> that is peter greste joining truss cairo. thank you, peter, stay safe. >> just three weeks later his hotel was stormed by police. he was arrested along with bad er mohammed and mohammed f a, hmy was arrested. another al jazeera journalist abdullah elshamy was arrested without grounds. he was released after spending 100 days on hunger strike, but for the other three journalists their sentences were read money. >> peter greste is sentenced to seven years in prison. >> outrage echoed in the caught room as peter and bader were sentenced to seven years. mohammed was sentenced to ten years because of possession of a weapon, actually shells he had picked up off the ground. >> for nothing they gave him seven years. >> peter's parents were monitoring it on social media from australia. >> my god. my god. >> that's crazy. that's crazy. that's absolutely crazy. >> egyptian prosecutors produced outlandish evidence in the sentencing including a podcast greste worked on while he worked with the bbc. family photos from a vacation in europe a

. >> to be frank the sorts of series we were doing in amen in cairo were run of the meal. we were reporting on the demonstrations. doing things like football, things like tourism industry. we were looking at absolutely everything. and you have to look at our coverage. it's all there for people to see, to recognize that just like all 24 hour news channels we would go out and get the daily news fodder, and put it out. it's not groundbreaking stuff but it's what is happening today. >> this case has been closely watched by the civil rights community. earlier today we talked to a lawyer, about the importance of al jazeera's coverage in the middle east and in africa. >> al jazeera plays a very pivotal role in the politics of the middle east. they uphold the right to speak about them. their role has been nonpartisan, but because of that nonpartisan role it does not sit well so what we have is a punishment that has to be inflicted, that has to be accepted by people like peter greste, mohammed fahmy and bader mohammed. it is the battle of the gun, and today is a bad day for freedom

. >> it is a dance of joy in front of the presidential palace in cairo. these people are celebrating their new president, who they believe will bring about , for somehe is a savior and for it is a step back. it depends on who you ask. >> thank you for joining us from cairo. moving on to some other news now. heaine's president says wants to end the fighting in the east of the country. afterued a statement talks with a russian ambassador and representative in kiev. fighting continued around the separatist stronghold. this video is set to show the town on sunday. rejected the peace plan the president put forth after his inauguration. our correspondent joins us on the line from odessa. we have seen that statement issued by the presidency. what do you think it means? >> well, it is definitely an his promisesrt of to bring peace to eastern ukraine. this report was issued following a meeting which was promised and initiated during the june 6 meeting between the president of , chancellor angela merkel, and the president of normandy. this is definitely the first a

in cairo or beirut.tally got different perspective about how you look at the world, and think big is probably the title i always put for this trip. >> bbc news, silicon valley. >> a guitar tuning device, one of the bright ideas there from the middle eastern entrepreneurs in silicon valley hoping to get the big bucks for their investment idea. and that brings today's show to a close, but you can find much more on the days news on our website and find the world cup news there also. to find me and the other bbc crew, just go to twitter. for all of us at "bbc world news america," thanks for watching, and please tune in tomorrow. ♪ >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, kovler foundation, and union bank. >> for nearly 150 years, we have believed a commercial bank owes its clients strengths, stability, security, so we be

. >> members of the group were put on trial in cairo in april. among at home the group's spiritual guide. he's been put on death row for the second time. the court convicted him in the murder and attempted murder of policemen in an attack last year. he's convicted of belonging to a terrorist group. that day police killed hundreds of muslim brotherhood supporters in the capitol. the violence did not stop there. three more people were killed by security forces in cairo on friday. they were protesting the overthrow in july. events a year ago put egypt on this course. popular dissent against morsi has built to a critical area. just hours after celebrating his first year in power. military backed by many egyptians overthrew him. morsi is now in prison facing a death sentence. he was the group's great hope after living in exile. his policies eventually led to his own spectacular fall. it gave the state excuse to once again ban the organization and justify massive arrests and death sentences. much like those handed down on saturday. al jazeera. >> now t

it was right then that he tried to commit suicide. >> we go to cairo and jail sentences. a briefing session give by the u.n. spokesman. let's hear what he had to say. >> what is he going to do about it, and is there a possibility that he my spea might speak. >> there have been meetings and phone calls with egyptian officials. i'm convinced that it will be raised when he next speaks to officials. obviously this story broke this morning. he's currently in the air. as soon as there is contact that i can remember i will do so. >> now the world health organization estimates 10% of all drugs sold worldwide are actually fake. 100,000 people die every year from taking counterfeit medicine. we go to bangladesh where the poor are the victims. >> she said she can't believe he's gone, and that it happened so quickly. she had taken her child to the hospital because he was sick. and then her world fell apart. >> the doctors put a needle in his hand to give him an injection. i saw with my own eyes his hand started to go dark, and it moved up to his head and my baby screamed and then wen

the cairo judge found them guilty of having ties to a terrorist organization and airing false news. the verdict has been condemned around the world. the offed presented being -- evidence presented being called farcical. peter greste says he will fight his conviction. >>> the sentencing of al jazeera staff is continuing to be condemned, people came together as part of a campaign to free them. there was a surprising participant. >> reporter: standing room only as people backed into the united nation, sharing the conviction of three al jazeera journalists. 179 days in detention, and facing years more after the sentencing in cairo. >> what we want to do is raise their plight and try to get ideas from you on how to get them out. >> reporter: at least 17 countries were represented, surprisingly egypt's deputy u.n. ambassador. >> i'm not in a position to comment on the verdict. by the provisions of our constitution, i am bound to refrain from doing so. the judiciary is independent. >> ambassador, if you are independent from your judiciary, why don't you criticise what is blat andly an -- b

: taking a stand protesters gathered in cairo saying no to sexual harass: they called the rally walk like an egyptian woman. >> translation: i'm aiming to walk on the street like a woman without the looks on my body. >> the reality for all women in egypt. it's a problem we have to face, and it's frustrating the fact that hon of thely people get away with no punishment from the government. >>> a landmark study by the united nations shows how serious the issue is. virtually all the issues surveyed have been subjected to harassment in one form for another. half of them experienced it on a daily basis. in 85% of the cases people did nothing to help. during the inauguration of abdul fatah al-sisi, a 19-year-old woman was assaulted. a video was circulated. the president spoke out. i amoll guise and promise you it is a state. we will take strict measures and stand correct me if i'm wrong in the mace of a harasser. i came to tell you and every egyptian woman that i am sorry. a law is coming into effect. some argue ma more needs to happen. >> we need proper training and screening. to deal wit

again, now in cairo. arrived two hours ago. trying to calm this crisis in the region in iraq there. >> jim is traveling with secretary kerry. what is kerry's role in egypt? >> in egypt you have a new president elected and it's the first senior american official to visit him after that election. and you have a lot of problems. they acknowledge it's a difficult transition, you remember that they had this mass trial where they sentenced hundreds of members of the muslim brotherhood to death in two hours, a trial that no one says followed due process. so clearly a challenge there. also they have imprisoned a number of journalists as well and secretary kerry and other officials say these are two key areas of concern. but at the same time they say egypt is a strategic partner, they want to keep this relationship going, they have shared interests and as always with this country, that balance between trying to push them to a more democratic government at the same time is trying to keep them on the same side with peace with israel, and

pastries adorned with the field marshal's face are sold in shops across cairo.ous for bassem to resist, so in a skit last october, a baker walks in with a tray full of sisi cakes. at first, bassem isn't interested, but he soon realizes it would better for his health to buy one. "only one?" the baker asks. "you don't like sisi or what?" bassem hesitates. "okay," he says, "give me everything you've got." and the reaction you got was...? >> youssef: people were laughing. but that's the immediate reaction. there's another reaction that we have to deal with it. >> simon: and that reaction came a week later. there were protests outside of bassem's theater, and the network pulled his next episode just minutes before it was due to air. then, the network shut the show down. was that a surprise? these were very powerful people. weren't you scared? >> youssef: i'm always not scared. i'm always... >> simon: you're always not scared? ( laughs ) >> youssef: i'm fine. i mean, what... what could happen? >> simon: they could hurt you. >> youssef: like what? >> simon: there are m