mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are stuck in a country. peter is watching it unfold from abroad. their lives are on hold while the case continues. the case is just the tip of the ice burg. we have 20 other journalists in egyptian prisons, one a photo journalist has been detained for two years without charge or trial. why is egypt's international partners inviting abdul fatah al-sisi to visit them. >> of course as peter was saying the impact on his life and not just mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy still in egypt, but on peter's life and the journalists, our colleagues who are tried and convicted in absentia - i mean for them i mean it's just as exasperating and it's having a big impact on the way they lead their lives. >> absolutely. i mean this case has been a hammer blow to free expression in egypt. and had devastating personal consequences for the journalists. i mean this case dragged on for months now without any resolution in site. the authorities delaying its resolution. the three journalists spent over 400 days in detention. mo

canadian mohammed fahmy and egyptian baher mohammed maimed a australian peter greste were arrested in december of 2013. they were convicted in february of 2014. they were convicted of spreading false news and operating without a permit. six months later their convictions were overturned by egypt's court of concession. >> hope then heartbreak in an egyptian courtroom as two journalists return to prison. a retrial was supposed to give mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste a second humanity to clear their name. instead, justice was denied jet again. >> i don't know how i'm going to survive this. >> the judge said that 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 and three and a half for mohammed. they've already spend a year and a half behind bars. peter greste will not serve time because he was deported to australia. but it will inhibit his ability to work as a correspondent. >> my heart is with baher and fahmy. >> the courtroom was des

there were those three years for mohammed fahmy and three and a half for bahar mohammed.here was a lot of shock in the courtroom. people were somewhat optimistic especially since you did have that international condemnation from almost everyone. you also had egypt's president saying that he regretted that this case went forward. you have the technical committee that went over the videos that e videos that done. >> i would say. >> they thought it was going to be a favorable ruling. the judge came in. before that, they had the two defendants go in to the sound-proof cage, which we have seen time and time again, and the judge came in. it was a very brief reading of the verdict. we didn't see anything from bahar or fahmy after that. they were in that cage. they were quickly taken away. i talked to his wife afterwards. she said she doesn't know where he has been taken to yet. >> that's the first thing they are going to try to find is what prison he will be going to. he does have medical issues. so that's something that they are going to be pressing on, too, that he should be i

the furthest second to the sixth defend and in abstentia, the court has ruled for mohamed mahmoud, mohamed [indiscernible] three years imprisonment for the charges, six months imprisonment and 5,000 pounds fine. [indiscernible] been acquitted by the court and they have to pay the expenses. and the sixth and the eighth have confiscated their equipment. thank you. thrown its weight behind the protest movement and has millions of supporters just in baghdad called on them to join this rally and he is throwing his weight behind the prime minister abadi who promised reforms but he faces a lot of challenges. >> going through the details, there were a number of other trials taking place. it wasn't just the three al jazeera journalists standing trial. mohamed fahmi was sentenced to three years. peter was also sentenced to three years and mohamed was also sentenced to three years with an additional, i need to clarify this, i understand there was an additional six months and possibly a fine on to top of tht as well. so that's the verdict that has come out of the trial. the retrial that's been taking

mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been taken back into custody. either journalist, peter greste, spoke out from australia. is, we did nothing wrong. there was no evidence of wrongdoing. are innocent men and innocent men are in prison. that is what this is about. never mind the sentences. one day in prison would be unjust. amy: we will get the latest from shrev sharif kudos in cairo. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the european union has called for emergency talks to address the rapidly growing number of people fleeing to europe to escape violence and unrest in the middle east and north africa. on 37 people died when a boat sunday, capsized off the libyan coast. this came just days after another boat capsized off the libyan coast killing more than 200 people. meanwhile, investigators in hungary and austrian authorities are continuing to probe the deaths of 71 people who were found abandoned last week inside inside a truck on the main highway between budapest and v

the family like mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed. this is mohamed fahmy's wife.as caught outside of the court. the final tweet we've seen from baher mohammed, himself, who managed to get there before he was taken away to jail. keep shouting for us, my colleagues. i'm sorry, for now on we will not be able to keep in touch with you. we will keep shouting. that's what we will do for our colleague who is are in jail. this was posted in februar february 2014, a global day of action. that's what we need from you as well. we'll keep doing this. we need your support. keep tweeting, keep shouting, #free aj staff. >> there was a real genuine sense of surprise when the verdicts were announce because people thought this time actually they would be pronounced not guilty. >> that is right. we're moving toss the dismissal of this case and the dismissal of charges. instead what we've seen is a court imposing a three-year sentence on bogus charges of allegedly aiding a terrorist organization, reporting false news and other things like using a hotel from which to report. all of wh

three years for mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed, three and a ha half. they already spend more than a year behind bars. >> this is out ja outrageous. this is devastating. >> journalists inside the courtroom describe a tense and angry atmosphere after the verdict. the case has been called a sham. leaders including president obama has called 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 charge. they were convicted without a shred of evidence. at no point during the long drawn out retrial did any of the allegations stand up to scrutiny. the canadian government is dehan demanding fahmy's immediate deportation. now that it's proven by politics, it's time for the president to pardon the men. >> this sends a dangerous mention that there are judges in egypt that will allow their courts to be used for oppression and propaganda. >> for now the legal fight continues. but peter greste said that they need the global com

three and a half for mohammed. they've already spend more than a three and a half years behind bars. greste won't serve the time because he has been deported to australia, but it will inhibit his ability to work as a course upon glint my heart is wit correspondent. >> my heart is with them. >> 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 during the long drawn-out retrial did any of the unfounded allegations stand up to scrutiny. >> the canadian government is demanding fahmy's immediate deportation. now that it's proven that it's driven by politics not truth it is time for the president to pardon the men. >> it sends a dangerous message that there are judges in egypt who will allow their courts to becom

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed are heading back to jail while correspondent peter greste was sentenced in his absence. [ sobbing ] >> hope, then heartbreak in an egyptian courtroom as two journalists return to prison. a retrial was supposed to give mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste a second opportunity to clear their names. instead, justice was denied yet again. >> i don't know how i'm 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 gres greste. and three and a half for mohammed. >> this is outrageous. just devastating for me. i know my heart is with bah er and fahmy. >> journalists inside 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 contributed of aiding the muslim brother hood, now the egyptian government

mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr were released on bail after 400 days in prison. peter greste said the delay a frustrating. the lives of no one involved in this can move on until we get the verdict. everything hinges on that day. for me it defines how my life works, what my career is. particularly for mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy, on that day after the verdict, they walk away as free men or go back into prison, that makes it impossible for anyone to look beyond that point. it really defines everything, to be in a position where you say goodbye to your wife and kids as mohammed badr did earlier today, not knowing if you would go back and see them at the end of the day or whether you would go back into prison, that makes it a tough way to live. to have another adjournment, i think, is difficult. i was talking to them on skype as we watched it, and for them too, the whole family, i guess, it's tough, as i said, everyone is built up to this moment. it's been a long fight, and it's been a fight engaging everyone, everyone's energy, it's sucked out all of the t

. >> clearly john mohammed was ideologically motivated. >> mohammed was motivated by his hatred of america. after their capture in 2002. his plan was to kill six white as day for a month. as far malveaux himself, he drew these extremist sketches while awaiting trial. today the internet has become indispensable for radicalizing lone wolves the. >> there's a very positive side to the internet and some not. >> he inspired countless numbers of people with his online sermons. >> america as a whole has turned into a nation of evil. >> reporter: one follower was this woman, a 21-year-old british student from east london. in the uk lone wolfs are sometimes referred to as nike terrorists or just do it jihadees. she downloaded a hundred of his sermons and then she heeded the call. she tried to kill a member of parliament. these security images show choudary just before the attack and taking on the knife before being tackled by a bodyguard. tims was wounded but survived. >> this was a young woman who was inspired ideologically on the internet and acted on her views. >> choudary was. the only individu

mohamed fahmi has been sentenced to three years. peter who is currently in sydney, deported a year ago, he has been sentenced for three years. mohamed also three years with an additional six months for an alleged charge of ownership of a bullet. so that was the verdict, the sentence that was handed down some one and a half hours ago in cairo on the three al jazeera journalists. earlier we spoke to, actually, before we do that, we are joined on the line by a human rights activist in cairo. what do you think about this sentence, this verdict? >> just confirmed where we are going. we are [indiscernible] you cannot operate as an independent journalist. you cannot work independently as a journalist. >> so you cannot operate as a journalist in egypt. what do you think this means? do you think anybody can be done to change it? is this a terrible indictment? >> we, unfortunately, documenting over 650 violations while observing the trial [indiscernible] a lot of issues in the trial. although the proceedings went according to the law, the sen

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste were arrested by egyptian authorities in december 2013. the first court appearance in the 20-month legal battle in february 2014. in june that year all three were found guilty of spreading false news, helping a terrorist operatio organization and operating without a permit. six months later their convictions were overturned. they were freed in february to await a retrial after spending more than 400 days in detention. well, al jazeera has always vigorously denied the allegations. the next legal step will be to file an afeel appeal. >> hope then heartbreak in an egyptian courtroom. as two journalists return to prison. a retrial was supposed to give mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste a second opportunity to clear their names. instead, justice was denied yet again. >> i don't know how i'm going to survive this without him. he did nothing. >> the judge said that 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

mohamed, mohamed fahmi and peter spent more than a year of their lives in an egyptian prison. the men's fight for freedom began when they were arrested in december 2013. they were charged with aiding the now banned muslim brotherhood. in june of last year a court sentenced them to seven to ten years. then last january the court throughout their convictions and ordered a retrial. >> i'm just living day by day. i don't hope anything, i don't expect anything. >> reporter: he was deported to australia. mohamed and fahmi were released on bail later that month, but they have been unable to leave egypt. their lives are on hold. they are serving a kind of sentence. >> what it would mean for the other guys, there is a serious danger that they could wind up back in prison. and for all of us, that would be devastating. >> it has inspired a global campaign of support from grass roots to the highest tier of power. >> the issue of the journalists in egypt, we have been clear they should be released. >> reporter: the verdict comes at a time when those working in media in egypt are facing the

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. >> clearly john mohammed was ideologically motivated. >> mohammed was motivated by his hatred of america. after their capture in 2002. his plan was to kill six white as day for a month. as far malveaux himself, he drew these extremist sketches while awaiting trial. today the internet has become indispensable for radicalizing lone wolves there. >> there's a very positive side to the internet and some not. >> he inspired countless numbers of people with his online sermons. >> america as a whole has turned into a nation of evil. >> reporter: one follower was this woman, a 21-year-old british student from east london. in the uk lone wolfs are sometimes referred to as nike terrorists or just do it jihadees. she downloaded a hundred of his sermons and then she heeded the call. she tried to kill a member of parliament. these security images show choudary just before the attack and taking on the knife before being tackled by a bodyguard. tims was wounded but survived. >> this was a young woman who was inspired ideologically on the internet and acted on her views. >> choudary was. the only indivi

mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are on bail in egypt. peter greste is being retried in absentia. all three deny charges of supporting the banned muslim brotherhood >>> journalists around the world are facing increasing pressures, 220 are in prison. that number is growing. the committee to protect journalists says that china has the worst records, followed by iran. together they hold one-third of journalists globally. the worst countries are eritrea, azerbaijan turkey china and parties. many are held without charge. half are online journalists. they are estimated to be missing in syria right now. most believe held by the islamic state of iraq and levant. let's get some analysis review on this from amnesty international. he joins us live from london. first of all, i want your thoughts on the adjournment once again of the trial of our colleagues in egypt. >> thanks i mean i think we have gone from a show trial to a farce. a case that was meant to show that egypt could go after any journalist is a damming indictment of egypt's criminal justi

-- mohammed will be going back to jail.could take you back to my original question, you were there. tell us about your experience and what they can expect in the egyptian jails. >> i mean honestly, you know, when i was in there in the beginning when they had started with either the welcoming or the hazing, where personally, i got beat up. i had a broken arm and they were beating me on my broken arm. i had to run through two rows of solids that basically were beating us with batons, with bolts, with whips for two straight hours. and that's just a welcoming process, the hazing process, initiation process into any jail. t there is complete lack of medical care. there is -- it's just the conditions, it's underground done john, some of the cells don't even have air ventilation. they don't have windows for sunlight to come in. and, you know, when they did that for a while when my own case started getting a little bit of -- a little bit of attention and, you know, there was a little bit of pressure from the embassy and whatnot, th

mohamed a. el-erian, let me start with you. so the dow was down 1,000 last week, almost another 600 today. what is driving this? >> two things -- the market is trying to get to terms with, first, lower global growth, particularly out of emerging markets and china and, second, the market is worried the central banks have run out of ammunition. so put these two things together, and then investors are repricing the market lower. once you start moving lower, then the trigger of all sorts of things. people have to sell so they sell

mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been taken back into custody. either journalist, peter greste, spoke out from australia. is, we did nothing wrong. there was no evidence of wrongdoing.

mohamed: people immediately look for the fed to do more.october, when the fed was clearly exiting qe3 and we had a little bit of market instability and people immediately said we need qe4. the market has been conditioned to view the central bank as their best friend. people immediately look to the central bank. i don't think the central bank is going to respond this time around. the fed has reasons not to do qe4. the impact on the economy is very weak. it is not easy to exit a qe, right? economically, political risks. the disruptions from outside the isted states are what causing it. qe4 is wishful thinking. the disruption will postpone a september rate hike, but i don't think it means we will get a qe4. mention outside the united states. give us your take on the chinese economy. mohamed: i think the chinese economy is slowing and it is slowing in the context of what developing economies called a middle income transition. think of going from a teenager to an adult. it is a bumpy transition. that is what we see in china on the economic side.

mohammed jamjun, do you believe they played a part in the decision they made today? >> very good question, leading up to today on many occasions in the past weeks, you have heard from iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi, warned repeatedly iraqi politicians that they must get their act together, they must show the public that they're doing their utmost to fight corruption. he sense thread was a bit of revolutionary sentiment growing from this protest and government officials best be warned about the protests on the street. there is a direct correlation. one more thing to note. just on friday you had the highest religious authority, shia authority, to the highest shia cleric, ali al sistani, to give him a green light, to show the iraqi public they are battling corruption. we are at one of the protests and there were thousands of people in tahrir square, all of them saying these were apolitical protests that even though there are a number of security challenges in iraq the people are fed up with the power cuts, during the sweltering blazingly hot heat wave, not having

mohammed allah is in critical condition. hunger strikes are a nonviolent form of protest used by individuals who have exhausted other forms of protest. it goes on to say the right to peaceful protest is a fundamental human right. >>> turkey's prime minister has visited troops posted on the syrian border. ahmed dabotolu has visited troops to bolster morale. turkey has granted the u.s. led coalition access to its air bases, following i.s.i.l. incursions into the territory. >>> it's been another night of violence between police and supporters of kurdish rebels in a town in southeast turkey. anger has been growing in the region since the military stepped up attacks on kurdish targets in iraq. four people have died in the past two days. meanwhile kurds in europe have been showing their anger against the government. they say all the community wants is peace for the middle east. >>> turning our attention to mali where the army has held funerals for people killed during siege. jerald tan reports. >> reporter: at the heart of mali's

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baher mohamed, mohamed fahmy, and peter greste spent over a year together in prison. they were charged with aiding the now banned muslim brotherhood. in june of last year the court sentenced them to 7 to 10 years ago. then last january the court of casation threw out their convictions. peter greste was released in june for deportation to his home country. mohammed and fahmy were released later that month. >> there's still a very serious danger that they could wind up back in prison and that for all of us would be just devastating. >> lorenzo diel has started a grass roots support program. >> we have agreed publicly and privately that they should be released. >> called the entire court process a farce. the verdict comes at a time when those working in media in egypt is facing their perhaps worst threat. more journalists sitting in egyptian prisons since the time it became keeping track in 1990. >> i'll fight for those behind bars who are desperate in their health. >> mohammed hopes they will clear their own names first. natasha guinane. al jazeera. >> peter greste has

let's go to mohammed jamjoom who joins us from baghdad. mohammed this is a big story. what is the latest you're hearing on this? >> shiulie, military officers, anybody who is military grade or above, must now be court martialed. what's not exactly clear is when those court mart yals have marte on behind could closed doors. it was also previously recommended that those who abandoned their posts should be court martialed. shiulie. >> it's been soundly criticized for how it has crit handled or not handled i.s.i.l. >> that the correct. the iraqi government is making great gains against i.s.i.l, those claims treated as propaganda. don't think they are making that much headway against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. now we should mention that this move today by the prime minister was very much expected, in fact this is part and parcel of the sweeping reform measures that prime minister abadi has been introducing and has been met with agreement. to bolster the capacity of the military, it is unacceptable for officer grade or above military l members abandon their po

baher mohamed, mohamed fahmy and peter greste spent more than a year of their lives in an egyptian prison. the men's fight for freedom began when they were arrested in december 2013. they were charged with aiding the now band muslim brotherhood. in june of last year a court sentenced them to 7 to 10 years then last january the court of casation threw out their convictions and ordered a retrial. >> i'm living day by day. i don't hope anything i don't expect anything. >> in february greste was deported to his native australia. mohammed and fahmy were continued to be held. >> there is a serious danger that they could wind up back in prison and that for all of us would be just devastating. >> the men always ordeal has inspired a global campaign of support from grass roots to the highest tier of power. >> the issue of the al jazeera journalists in egypt we were clear both publicly and privately that they should be released. >> called the entire court process a farce. the verdict comes at a time when those working in media in egypt are facing perhaps their biggest threat. the committee to prote

peter greste and mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed were sensed to three years in prison. they and al jazeera deny the accusations, describing them as politically motivated. >> there was never any evidence that the court presented that the prosecutor either in the first trial or in the second to confirm any of the allegations against us, and in fact, i would like to publicly challenge the prosecutor to present evidence of anything that we produced that was falsified. >> well, mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed have spent their first night behind bars. baher mohammed was given extra six months for having an used bullet casing that he picked up at a protest. the sentencing has provoked international condemnation. 32. >> thsaudi arabia granting the right to vote. about 200 women expressed interest in running for office. but women still take a number of restrictions, including a ban on driving. let's spoke to a social entrepreneur from saudi arabia. thanks for being with us on al jazeera. we'll talk about the numbers that you're seeing of women going to run in these elections as we

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and peter greste were convicted in june of supporting the banned muslim brotherhood. peter greste was deported to australia in february, mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed were later released on bail after 400 days in prison. all three deny the charges as well as al jazeera. >>> activists have begun a 40 day march from america's deep south to washington, d.c. to highlight racial inequality. the. >> journey for justice began in selma, alabama, the scene of civil rights protesters 50 years ago. organizers are hoping to organize thousands of people along the way. it ends with a rally in washington, d.c. on the 16th of september. andy gallagher reports on why the starting point is so significant. >> in the hit of civil rights few places are as iconic as the edmund pettus bridge. it was here 50 years ago that a few hung so-called foot soldiers led by martin luther king marched for voting rights and were met with clubs and fear gas. that day became moan as bloody sunday but led to the voting rights act of 1965 giving african-americans the power to cast their ballots

mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr spent their first night in gaol since sentenced on saturday. the judge gave them and peter greste a 3-year prison term. peter greste was retried in absentia after being deported to australia in february. he says the verdict is a gross injustice. andrew thomas spoke to him in sydney. >> peter greste finished his press conference to the australian media in the center of sydney. a big crowd of journalists there, i'm pleased though say peter joins me now. peter, there is still a lot of interest in this. that's a positive sign. >> it's a positive sign in as much as we need to make sure we keep public attention and awareness about the case and the gross injustice. i'm convinced that one of the main reasons why i'm here today, one of the reasons i was deported was because we had to much public support. so many around the world were aware of the injustice and made it almost impossible for egyptian governments to hold me. we need to make sure that that noise doesn't die away. so the media attention that we've been getting is vital. we need to keep it go

mohammed's life is destroyed as well. a cartoon sent in to me by someone here in doha who has depicted the president of egypt as the pharoah and the al jazeera character saying let me people go. some good news to bring you here from a group called liberty victoria, a civil rights group newspaper australia here, we get a shot of that, a cartoon they have drawn of the three guys told me they will present the voltaire award on 12-september. they made that decision before today. that's great. they were wanting to support the team as well. lots more to tell you about. i am going to be back later in the day to tell you. what i want you to do in the meantime is this. this is brett mason, an internal national correspondent from sbs. tweeting pictures and see it down there, the free aj staff, and one which he showed us earlier, which he posted previously with tape over his mouth. can you do that for us, please? tweet pictures of yourself holding up the free aj staff logo with the sign. we want to get it back out there as much as p

and mohamed is in baghdad for us.have now gone through the cabinet and approved by parliament and what is next mohamed? >> this is when it gets tricky and the measures passed and there are questions of what it means and take for example the issue of the three vice presidents being dismissed and the deputy prime ministers dismissed and they are dismissed and not part of the government now or will that happen later? this is where it gets complicated and the meeting today of parliament has adjourned and issues taken up at a later date and we are not sure at this point and expecting it will be soon and here is where we expect that arguments may breakout and parliament and others we talked to seem to agree with that and all the politicians are really facing a hard battle right now as far as trying to prove to the iraqi people they are with them and they are trying to fight corruption as much as possible, when it comes to these positions you were going to have issues of sectarian parties, religious us parties and other thin

this as money manager mohamed el ariane calling a perfect stop for oil. oil rallying more than 6% capping a huge three-day gain of 27%. so tonight we ask what suddenly has changed in crude and how much higher can it go? guy adami kick it off. >> i think tim alluded to this late last week we could see a move like this. it's probably up 25% to 30% over the last three trading sessions or so. i don't think it means the economy's necessarily any stronger and i'm not necessarily sure it means great things for the s&p. s&p which closed basically 1970, which is to me a pivot point. what it does mean, i think, is as short as the market has been you can't allow yourself to remain short with this rhetoric out there. pete can talk to this. we talked about it on friday. despite the move higher on friday you saw the lvx spike higher. you saw it again today. makes me believe that maybe the worst isn't over on the down side. >> really? >> yeah. >> it does make wonder right now you look at the lvx and we're talk about 60 back in march at the high end and then all the way

. >> sunday retrial of three al jazeera journalists, mohamed fahmy, baher mohamed and peter greste were equipmented last june. greste was deported to australia in february but retried no absentia. mohammed and fahmy were released but retried all deny their charges. >>> hoping political stability will bring progress and it's called a journey for justice. how a new generation for justice are keeping the civil rights movement alive. alive. >> the top stories on al jazeera, in yemen anti-houthi forces have launched a new offensive near aden. they've been advancing the town of vinzivar as part of a campaign to secure the southern port city from houthi attacks. turkish officials say rebels ran a truck filled with explosives into a police station. blaming the pkk for attack in agre. >>> migrants in cal eight are calais are breaking down fences by the port trying oget into the tunnel this week. dozens of palestinians have fought with israeli troops. some of the demonstrators threw stones at soldiers who tried to disperse them. taking to the streets after the funeral of a palestinian teenager wh

mohammed to 10.onvictions overturned by the casatian freed in february to await a retrial after 400 days in redeposition. ays has vigorously denied that they did anything wrong. the next legal step is likely to be an appeal before that egyptian court. peter greste has been describing shock at the verdict talking toayss's an drew thomas. >> peter greste was with his lawyer in sidney watching for news from cairo by a post from social media from journalists in the courtroom. the verd iktsz when they came were not what he was hoping for. >> peter, you just had the news. what's your immediate reaction? >> andrew, i am finding it very hard to find the words to describe how i am feeling at the moment. you know, we knew that there was always a danger that we would be convicted simply because the authorities have faced so much and they have so much at stake in this. they have invested so much in this case, but i am just absolutely devastated for my colleagues in particular. you know, i won't be going back to

mohamed how much pressure is parliament under to meet and ratify these measures quickly?rter: a tremendous amount of pressure. parliament has stated that they plan to meet tomorrow it's expected that these issues, these dez sinces will -- the debate will begin on them tomorrow. but i can tell out streets here in baghdad, yesterday we were out speaking to lots of folks and even today we have spoken to folks and they are very wary about what parliament will do and how long it will take them to do. parliament under increasing pressure to get the reforms passed and many people plan on keeping out on the streets as long as the debates are going on. >> okay, so those protests are ongoing as we speak, are they, mohamed? >> reporter: yeah, they are. in fact, last night there was a smaller protest, these were supporters of prime minister al boalbadi. they came out supporting his decisions but we are told they are, he picturing massive protests friday. that they will take place as the protest did last friday in several cities across the country including here in the capital and fro

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed were released on bail later that month, but they've been unable to leave egypt. they stay with their lives on hold. they're still serving a kind of sentence. >> what really matters is what it would mean for the other guys, there is still very serious danger that they could wind up back in prison. that for all of us would just be devastating. >> they have inspired a global campaign of support from grassroots to the highest tier of power. >> the issue of the al jazeera journalists in egypt, we've been clear publicly and privately is that they should be released. >> analysts have criticized the evidence against the men and called the entire court process a farce. there are six other al jazeera staff members who are being stride in abstentia. the verdict comes at a time we know those working in media in egypt are facing perhaps their biggest threat. the committee to protect journalists say that there are more journalists sitting in egyptian prisons than at any time since it began keeping track in 1990. >> i'll continue to fight for freedom for those who are be

mohammed jamjoom has the story.ng i'm left with no other options but go out and fight corruption. >> reporter: the medical student and activist like so many other members of his generation says he tired of feeling despair and decided to do something about it. >> reporter: we created groups to help our friends and families because they are all in need of important services that aren't being provided. the most basic ones are electricity, clean water, and jobs. >> reporter: now he meets regularly with a growing group of like minded activists discussing and debating strategy they use every tool at their disposal to plan demonstrations. social media has become as important as physical publications and spreading the word. >> all these protests are peaceful in nature. >> but it's not just violence he wants to avoid. he wants to keep politics out of the protests, too. so far it's been working. later in the day as thousands gather in tahrir square, the feeling is a jubilant one. rallies like this one, the crowd feels empower

baher mohamed, mohamed fahmy and peter greste were convicted of crimes, the u.s. state department says i.t. was deeply disappointed and concerned and that freedom of the press to investigate, report and comment is fundamental to any free society. and the prime minister of canada also condemned the sentencing. in a tweet, steven harper said canada continues to call on egyptian for the full release of mr. fahmy and facilitate his return home. mohammemohamed fahmy and baher mohamed spent their first full night in jail. peter greste says the verdict was a gross injustice. andrew thomas spoke with him in sydney. >> reporter: peter greste has just finished his press conference to the rest in sydney. >> a positive sign in as much as we need to keep public attention, public awareness about our case and its gross injustice. remember i'm absolutely convince they'd one of the main reasons why i'm here today one of the reasons i was deported was because we had so much public support because so many people around the world were aware of the injustice in our regional trial and

mohamed fahmy, baher mohammed and perimeter perimeter were sentenced to at least three years in prison. they were accused of spreading false news, something that al jazeera denies. crossing over to london and speaking with ion black, ion, editor of the garden newspaper. thank you for being with us, i ian. the spokesperson said this, egypt rejects any foreign criticism of judicial verdicts consider unacceptable intrusion in rulings of the egyptian judiciary. how unlikely is this to cause diplomatic tensions between egypt and the u.k.? >> well, i think that the public statements speak for themselves. the british government felt that it had to say something, and the egyptian government wanted to reject that. the public statements are the flow, whether there is any consequences to that, i'm not sure. this is the stuff that diplomacy is saying something publicly in order to attract attention and make your point, but the fact is britain and most of the other western countries have now returned to pretty much business as usual with the egyptian government two years after the overthrow of pres

mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera, baghdad. >> in the latest fighting nine people are reportedly dead afterl night shelling between government and rebel troops. sonia gall ego has the story. >> it took just 20 minutes to reduce this street to rubble. this ukrainian military said two people were killed as russian backed rebels shelled the village. >> a man 30 years old and a woman of 22 were killed. six others were wounded. the most serious injuries were those sustained by a mother with a child. >> reporter: yet the separatists are blaming ukrainians for the shelling. there continues to be sporadic fighting, ceasefire has been more or less in place since february. as the attacks increase moscow is publicly blaming the ukrainian military against pro-russian separatists. >> we're worried about the latest developments. it was like that last august when the ukrainian soldiers received the order to attack. when that attack failed they then agreed to start the talks. this past january there was another attempt to resolve the situation by using force. that also failed and the ukrainian side agreed

oliver: israel supreme court will decide whether to free mohammed allan.the portrait of petition on monday to him on health grounds -- the court heard a petition on monday to free him on health grounds. israel had offered to release allan if he agreed to leave the country and not return for four years, but his lawyer rejected the offer. she did see the court's position as a positive move. >> we need to see what offer they will have. i think that we take it as a very positive issue. issuing an order is very important. it means the supreme court is ready and willing to hear us and that we have a case. 63rdr: allan was on the day of hunger strike on monday. he is being treated at this israeli hospital. his father accuses the israeli government of keeping the family and their doctors in the dark. >> views on artificial representation -- he is on artificial respiration, in very serious medical condition. no medical experts have been allowed to visit. my son is in the doctors' hands. it makes me worry. i don't know what they are doing to him. oliver: mohammed al