. >> florence louie was at the launch of the new campaign in brisbane. >> reporter: at the moment his family is looking at appealing the conviction and will hire a new league at team to do that. peter greste was sentenced along with two colleagues mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, accused of spreading false news and aiding the muslim brotherhood, designated by the egyptian government as a terrorist organization. the false evidence used in court to convict the three includes video from another channel and peter greste's report from other parts. their conviction triggered a global outcry. journalists signed petitions calling for their freedom. the u.n. and u.s. denounced the conviction using words like chilling, drag ownian and obscene. >> praying for forgiveness, the pope meets some of those sexually abeautiful. >>> and a satellite installation in the middle of a national p k park. >> tech know, every saturday go where science meets humanity. >> this is some of the best driving i've every done, even though i can't see. >> t >>> good to have you with us. these are the top stories o

florence louie is in kuala lumpur. >> the malaysian prime minister, in his second statement on the crash of mh17 used strong words calling it inhumane irresponsible. he said malaysia are not interested in assigning blame, but they want to condemn the violent senseless act and the country's flags will fly at half mast as a sign of warning for those on board the flight. now, the transport minister earlier on friday had to field tough questions about why malaysia airlines was flying the route, despite the fact that some aviation body deemed it risky and advised airlines not to take the flight path. malaysian airlines responded by saying it was an approved flight path and other airlines, 15 out of 16 counties in the association of asia pacific airlines used the route. we have to look at what impact this will have on malaysia airlines, the national carrier. this is the second major aviation did asker for the aircraft following the disappearance of flight mh17. >> we are learning more about the passengers. 298 died in the crash. bts has some of their -- jonathan betz has some of their stories.

. >> florence louie, reports from australia at the announcement. >> his family is looking towards hiringa new legal team to appeal. peter greste together with mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were accused to aiding the muslim brotherhood designated by the egyptian government as a terrorist organization. the false evidence used in court to convict the three include video from another channel as well as greste's reports from other parts of china. their conviction triggered a global outcry. jowrnlts frojournalists united m around the world have cried for their release. using words like chilling and draconian and obscene. >> coming up. separatists call for help from moscow. we'll get the latest from eastern ukraine. >> opponents say those are some of the reasons he needs to be replaced. and u.s. china relations, the issues on the table as the secretary visits beijing. coming up in the week ahead. >> on tech know, imagine getting the chance to view the world. >> the brain is re-learning how it sees again >> after decades in the dark, >> i couldn't get around on my own >> a miraculous bionic ey

florence louie has more. >> the malaysian prime minister, in his second statement, on the clash of mh17 used strong words to describe the incident. he called it an inhumane irresponsible act. he said malaysia is not interested in assigning blame, but wants to condemn the violent senseless acting saying the country's flags will be flying at half mast as a sign of warning for those on board the flight mh17. the transport minister had to field tough questions about why malaysian airlines was flying, despite the fact that some aviation bodies deemed it risky and advised airlines to not fly the path. malaysian governments responded by saying it wasn't approved flight paths and other airlines, 15 out of 16 countries were using that route. we have to look at the impact on malaysian airlines, the national carrier of malaysia, this is the second major aviation disaster for the aircraft following the disappearance of mh370 in march. >>> we have been learning about the passengers on the flight. the boeing 777 had been carrying 298 people. jonathan betz is here with some of their stories. >> 300 pe