fadel fahmy, and baher mohamed. a lawyer for another journalist, abdullah al-shami, requested his immediate release on medical grounds. sham has been held without charge since august and has been on hunger strike for four months. he insists that he will not break his fast until he is released. >> dozens of people have been killed in a series of car bombings across the iraqi capital. the attacks happened in shia neighbourhoods of baghdad. 23 were killed in one explosion. violence in iraq is at its worst level. imran khan joins us live from baghdad. do we have any details as to who or which organization could be behind the attacks? >> well, no. no organization has claimed responsibility for this. iraq's deposit is firmly pointing the fingers at the islamic state of iraq and levant. the types of bombings that we see follow a pattern mounted for 13, 14 months here in iraq. we see them placing car bombs into residential and commercial neighbourhoods and busy shopping markets. they happen during rush hour, early in the mo

peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed were convicted on terrorism charges. these include spreading false news in support of the muslim brotherhood, deemed by the government a terrorist group will stop they have been jailed since december in a case that's stoked international outrage. in a statement, al jazeera said the verdict defied "logic, sense, and any semblance of justice." as the sentence was read today, one of the three journalists, mohamed fahmy, yelled out "where is john kerry?" a reference to his surprise visit to egypt just one day before. 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 arou

al jazeera correspondent mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste have been sensed to seven behind bars. fahmy has given extra three years. disbelief from their families. >> certainly peter greste and the other prisoners, my god. my god. >> that's crazy: crazy. that's absolutely crazy. >> i it's clearly a corrupt and fraudulent verdict. everything is wrong with it. >> this kind of verdict does not to support egypt's claim to be on the trend to democracy. the australian government urges the new government of egypt to reflect on what messages are being sent to the world about the aggravation in egypt. >> the egyptian prosecution, six al jazeera journalists have been tried in absentia. they are condemned an al jazeera journal abdullah elshamy was released after being charged. the public prosecutor ordered his release for health reasons. abdullah elshamy had been on a hunger strike since january. there was an mobile outcry in egypt. egypt's president said it would tackle egypt many issues. this raises many questions questions about egypt' claim of freedom of the media. >> al jazeera ha

they claimed that the work of peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed smeared egypt but it had nothing to do with egypt. it was made by peter greste, horse welfare in egypt, that was by sky news arabia. and shown with absolutely no context. also with no context we have these images you'll see here from peter greste's laptop. those are of his parents on holiday in germany and in latvia. some al jazeera footage was shown, from if the muslim brotherhood, a group of course now backed. but the court also showed greste's other reports about sheep herding and football and finally this. it ask a pop video by the sing are songwriter gotio, just what this is meant to prove, who knows. throughout the hearings there was simply no credible evidence on hand. unfortunately it's that very evidence which has left our colleagues behind bars and the world asking, for what? >> a chilling and draconian sentence, those words from u.s. secretary of state john kerry are part of a wave of international criticism. the u.n. warned that miscarriage of justice risks becoming the norm in egypt. barnaby phil

al jazeera correspondent peter greste, producers mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been sentenced to seven years behind bars. baher mohamed was given an additional three years for spent cartridge found on him. disbelief from the families. >> i don't know how the judge came to that decision. i'll be very interested to hear his reasons for giving that verdict. it doesn't make any sense. >> it's clearly a corrupt and fraudulent verdict. the case is politically motivated and everything is wrong with it. >> the response from the austrailian government was swift too. >> this kind of verdict does nothing to support egypt's claim to be on a transition to democracy. and the austrailian government urges the new government of egypt to reflect on what message is being sent to the world about the situation in egypt. >> egyptian prosecution had pushed for maximum sentences. six of al jazeera jowrnts tried ijournaliststried in absentia. designated a terrorist organization, muslim brotherhood. they are charges rejected by al jazeera. abdullah al-shami was released last where sunday after are spen

peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy were given 7 years, baher mohamed was sentenced to 10 years because he had a spent bullet in his possession, which he picked up at the protest. the journalists were accused of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. >>> it's been a year since demonstrators in egypt short mass protests to demand the resignation of mohamed mursi. accusing him of imposing an islamic agenda and threatening democratic reforms. >> reporter: unprecedented in size and scope. this was how the opponents of president mohamed mursi described mass protests staumed to demand his -- staged to demonstrated his resignation. mohamed mursi, at that staunch, had been in office for a year. his secular and liberal rivals were certain he posed a threat. he was accrued by protesters of granting himself wide-raping powers and -- wide-ranging powers and undermining the judiciary. his group was attacked for floating to establish an islamic state. calls for mohamed mursi's departure were gaining momentum. this member of the campaign said his movement collected 22 million signatures for a petitio

mohamed. their trial began on 20 february and triggered a growing outcry. the newly elected president abdul fatah al-sisi promised to tackle many issues, including free speech. the verdict dew and the falsely accused journalist could be a first test. >>> well, the australian prime minister says he told the egyptian president that peter greste, australian journalist, was innocent and was only doing his job. >> in the end it's up it the egyptian justice system to do its job. i did my best to put it to the president that has an australian journalist peter greste would not have been taking sides, he would have simply been reporting on the events that he saw before him. he certainly would have had no interest in promoting the muslim brotherhood. he simply would have been providing his viewers with what he thought was the story of the die, because that's what australian journalists do. >>> well, kamal has been following the reaction on social media. thank you for that. there's a lot of nerves for al

fahmy and bader mohammed. it is the battle of the gun, and today is a bad day for freedom of suppress. >> a spokesman for the human rights said president should settle in. a reminder that you can follow us on twitter. our twitter handle is @aj. there you can follow the developments in cairo. >>> the last of syria's 1300-ton chemical weapons symptom stock pile has now been loaded up. is all the chemical weapons been remove removed from syria. >> you should have one more word, is hundred% of declared stock of chemical weapons. syria came up with a list of what chemical weapons it had. all on that list has been remo removed. they've got it on a tennis boat. they will now head out to see where they will head out to a ship that will break down those chemicals materials. is that all of syria arsenal, many don't believe it is. >> they're going to make the deadline because they go on the ship with special technology thoug that will break down ingredients for sarin and vx. they won't meet their officials deadline in on

let's go first to south carolina to mohammed al dulaimy. would you please explain what you see is happening to your country right now? see is the failing of the whole system, of the united states and its allies that tried to build in iraq. in iraq isemocracy in danger and has been for a long time. but now it is more a danger to everyone. we're seeing the consequences thatf a sectarian regime was ruling in iraq for eight maliki, andy mr. the lack of trust among his partners, corruption -- all of that gave the way for radicals to rise and gave the chance to populations inn mosul, the second-largest iraqi city. all of this is threatening the integrity of iraq, the unity of the country, and threatening syrian-like war. box when you talk about the rain of maliki and the securing of his government, could you elaborate? majority of the population being shiite, the united states has continued to back his role there despite his clampdown on any kind of dissent. >> yes, we have enough evidence, videos, speeches of mr. maliki isself showing that this

mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste have been behind bars for 175 days. they've been falsely accused of collaborating with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects all the charges and continues to demand the release of its journalists. mohammed famey. >> i'm margaret warner. i'm also chief of our overseas reporting unit. i first met mohammed famey when he came over to provide the egyptian voice-over. when we arrived, there were still young men out in front who did not look particularly dangerous. our crew, our camera crew went in for a closer filmel while i and the driver at the time and another young egyptian driver who were with me. the driver of the van abandoned the car. just at the same time a moab approached, and i could see our local producer, my cameraman and my producer were being pursued by this mob, and mohammed fahmy. i jumped into the van as mohammed fahmy held onto the back railing saying drive, drive. there was a mob in front of me. he said drive through them. we'll get you out of here. that's exactly what happened. for the next

it claimed that peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed smeared egypt's reputation. there was a documentary made by peter greste in 2011 when he worked at the bbc. there was a news report about horse welfare in egypt, and footage from a press conference in nairobi was shown can no context. also with no context we had these images from peter greste's laptop those are of his parents on to the day in germany and latvia. some al jazeera footage was shown, routine interviews from the muslim brotherhood. a group of course now banned. but the court also showed greste's other reports about sheep herding. and this, a video from singer songwriter, who knows what this is meant to prove. but what amnesty international said, 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? >>> in baghdad today u.s. secretary of state john kerry said this is a critical moment for iraq's future. kerry is in the capital, the country's capitol to meet with iraq's bitterly divide he leaders as islamic s

peter grest, and mohammed fahmy and bad, er monther mohammed given seven years behind bars. bader mohammed an extra three years because of possession of weapons. >> my god, my god. >> that's crazy. that's crazy. that's absolutely crazy. >> reporter: it's clearly a corrupt and fraudulent verdict. the case is politically motivated and everything is wrong with it. >> the response from the australian government. >> this kind of verdict does nothing to support egypt's claim beyon to be on a trend of democracy. 9 australian government urges the government of egypt to reflect the message they are sending to the world about the situation in egypt. >> reporter: six of al jazeera journalists have been tried in abstentia. they have been accused of spreading false news and aiding the muslim brotherhood, which has been declared a terrorist organization. a fourth al jazeera journalist abdullah elshamy was released last week after being imprisoned since august. abdullah elshamy had been on a hunger strike. the newly elected president al sisi has promised to tackle the many issues of egypt.

mohamed is egyptian. considering how to be balanced and fair, those debates were going all the time. we very much like all the other media last year, we tried to report what we see and what we heard. we didn't pin our colors to any group whatsoever. and no we didn't sit there thinking we mustn't say there we mustn't say that, because we're going oget arrested, there was a media crack down on everybody. everybody was being careful but everybody was still trying odo the job and i really will say we were trying to be as balanced and fair as everybody else was and i don't think our coverage was any different from what we were trying to do. i think it was a big are picture here. i think basically the egyptian government is trying to shut up anybody who contradicts their view of the mayo narrative. they don't say anything against the government, they have become much more muted much more quiet and they don't go out and interview everybody on all sides of the story. so if this is what the egyptian government wan

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 hunger strike since jan. he joint a chorus calling for the freedom of peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. their trial begone on 20 february, and has triggered a global outcry. the new

and mohamed fahmy. my driver had abandoned the car, so i left -- left over in the middle of the seat, jumped into the van as mohamed fahmy held onto the back railing and said, "drive, drive!" he said, drive to them, i'll get you out of here. for the next five or six minutes, he directed me down the side street and the side street and the side street and we finally managed to get to a safe place. he absolutely saved our lives. i'm no legal expert, but i can to you that mohamed fahmy struck me on both occasions as nothing more and nothing less than a professional journalist. trucks that was margaret warner, well-known in the united states, pbs newshour, chief foreign affairs correspondent, describing her experience in egypt with one of the three jailed journalists, mohamed fahmy. i also want to turn to comments made by peter greste's father in australia after he heard of the ruling. this is juris greste. , notis is a very dark time only for our family, but for journalism generally. devastated, shocked, an

peter greste sentenced seven years, mohamed fahmy also sentenced to seven years and baher mohamed sentenced to ten years. model ado has more on the verdict. >> a guilty verdict nearly six months in the making. the alleged crime: doing their josh as journalists. -- job as journalists. lxgz correspondent peter greste, producers boaxproducers baher md mohamed fahmy many given seven years and baher mohamed given an additional three years because of a spent cartridge found on him. shock and dismay, from their families. >> five to six other are defendants present. my god, my god, sorry, finish. >> that's crazy, that's crazy, absolutely crazy. >> it's clearly a corrupt and fraudulent verdict. the case is politically motivated an everything is wrong with it. >> reporter: the response from the australian government was swiswift too. >> this kind of government does nothing to support egypt's claim to be on the way to democracy. the new government of egypt reflect on what message is being sent to the world about the situation in egypt. >> reporter: egyptian prosecution had pushed for maximum tenses. s

fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. after strong comments politicians and congress are criticising the egyptian government. patty culhane reports. >>> when al jazeera's journal lifts peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were sentenced to at least seven years behind bars for doing their jobs mohamed fadel fahmy shouted from his cage. "egypt will pay for this." now the american media is acting the obama administration if they will make egypt pay a price. >> three journalists from al jazeera... >> the verdict made headlines in the united states. on television, in the newspapers. the powerful "new york times" focussing its editorial on the unjust verd ibility calling the obama administration response confused and disturbing. the country's most influential comedian spent a segment mocking the trial. >> even more than the corruption of the trial, what bothers me is the laziness. at least have the desensy to forge evidence. it's not hard. oh, my card, it's the reporters having an underwater terrorist conference

peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy were given seven years, baher mohamed was sentenced to 10 years. they were accused of aiding the awed lawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera strongly denies the allegations. >>> ukraine's president is trying to keep his peace plan on track. petro porashenko spoke with russian president vladimir putin and the leaders of france and germany. also - three ukrainian soldiers were killed fighting with separatists in the east. residents themselves are caught in the middle of a battle. >> there are pockets of eastern ukraine where the extension to the ceasefires meant nothing. latest official army footage shows an exchange of fire north of slovyansk. the army patrol sped past an army checkpoint. the new commander here says he takes his orders from the russian known as igor, the military chief in slovyansk. deals proposed elsewhere do not concern him. >> translation: we have one boss, his command will be carried out. recording that, i'm a military man, i don't get into politics. >> in this part of the world the separatist command structure is a patchwork of d

mohamed a. there are trial has triggered a growing outcry. the newly elected president abdul fatah al-sisi promised to tackle many issues, including free speech. the verdict due to al jazeera's falsely accused journalists could very well be a first test. >>> australia foreign minister says her deposit is in contact with egyptian representatives to try to secure the release of peter greste. >> prime minister rang the interim president and i know he's seeking to make contact with the new president, president abdul fatah al-sisi. so we are making representations at every level in the egyptian government with a view to ensuring peter greste is home as soon as possible. >> still ahead - israeli raids in the occupied west bank continue as palestinians vent frustrations against their own government. plus status in lebanon. we tell you why these children we tell you why these children are facing an uncertain if i told you that a free ten-second test could mean less waiting for things like security backu

mohammed fahmy and baher mohamed they know these stories in egypt inside out. is egyptian, and has through the revolution right on the streets. and those debates were going on all the time on how to be balanced and fair. bemuch like all of the other media, we just went out and tried to report what we saw and heard. and no, we didn't sit there thinking we muzn't say this or that, because we think we're about to get arrested. when we were reporting last october, there was a media crackdown on everybody. everybody was being careful, but everybody was still trying to do their job, and we were trying to be as balanced and fair as everybody else was. and i don't think our coverage was any different from what we were trying to do. i think there's a bigger picture here, i think the egyptian government is trying to shut up everybody. they have shut up the domestic media. and the international media has started to self sensors. they don't interview everybody on all sides of the story. so if this is what the egyptian wants to achieve, they have succeeded. >> how has this

mohammed is responsible for uplifting his in harlem, new york.or of the new york public library for research and plaque culture in harlem new york. >> i want the center to be as aggressive and as well positioned as possible to be a resource to anyone who has questions about the kind of country we live in and the kind of country that we can live in. and he's the great grandson of elija mohammed, founder of the nation of islam given that i was not yet 3 years old when he passeded and i would never try to claim a connection to him than my biographical connection. as it turns out, mohammed took office during the same time the shamburg featured a special from his permanent connection. malcolm x. >> my great-grandfather and malcolm x helped to create a space in this country necessary for the real change that took place in the 1960s. >> keeping history like that alive for generations to come is only one of his goals. >> what's special and perhaps unique about mohammed is that he's not only a brilliant scholar and a public intellectual, but he's also an

ever since the overthrow of mohamed mursi, anyone opposed to the coup or even to mohamed mursi has been arrested, gaoled and some colleagues are facing detention in cairo. do you see the crackdown continuing under president abdul fatah al-sisi? >> i think it depends very much how secure abdul fatah al-sisi feels in his position. obviously aside from the muslim brotherhood, the other important victim of last year's event is, indeed, the freedom of expression and by extension the freedom of thought. this was constantly vindicated on the basis that there was greater national security interests at stake and freedom of expression, and other elements of the democratic process would have to take a back seat in view of the acute dangers that egypt allegedly was facing. but that is, indeed, something that depends, i think, very much on how secure abdul fatah al-sisi feels in his presidency, and to what extent he indeed manages a sufficiently confident support base through the parliamentary elections in the cores of this year. another issue is, of course, the signal crackdowns on the press in par

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been behind bars for 176 days.hey have been accused of collaborating with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. an egyptian prosecutor is asking more maximum sentence, that phones seveniers forward peter greste, and 15 for baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy. >>> delegates meeting in qatar have expressed concern how ancient monuments are destroyed in conflict. the civil war in syria destroyed a number of landmarks. qatar is donating $10 million to protect heritage sites from unrest and national disasters. >>> the tomb of a 12th century philosopher was destroyed by islamic state of iraq and levant last week. the minaret of the great mosque in the great center in aleppo was damaged. one of six destroyed in the civil war. ancient shrines and artefacts have been destroyed in timbuktu, in 2012. >> three years of conflict in syria produced a new gepp re of film making that some call emergency cinema. the films are short, film-makers anonymous. the work is getting international recognition. this week in new york. >> families

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and baher mohamed have been held for 170 days. they face charges of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges and demands their release. we have this report. [ inaudible ] . >> reporter:. >> reporter: almost 6 months behind bars waiting for others to decide their fate. journalists peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are on trial falsely accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the egyptian prosecution is asking for the maximum gaol term. seven years gaol for peter greste, and 15 years for baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy. al jazeera arabic is also in prison, but without charge. he's been on a hunger strike for five months. his health is declining. families are frustrated. >> the prosecution did conclude its case with what, in all farps, were wild and sweeping allegations against the whole of the group. >> reporter: other journalists are called enemies of the state. activists too. a court sentenced allah fatar to 15 years gaol, a key figure in the 2011 uprising tha

he was imprisoned along with his colleagues mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. they were falsely accused of helping the muslim brotherhood. and have been imprisoned since december. >>> 21 were killed in a bomb attack near a busy shopping mull in abuja. it happened as people were getting wered to watch gustav nyquist -- nigeria play in the world cup. >>> the lawyers for a sudanese wom woman freed on monday after an appeals court has been stopped from leaving the country. she was due to fly to the u.s. but was detained at the airport of the khartoum and is being questioned over travel documents. >> they accused her of committing two crimes - providing false information to the authorities, and obtaining a fake travel document. because she was - she was emergency travel document from south sudan embassy. we requested them to release miriam, but they have refused. they have said that they need more time. they need 24 hours. that's is absolutely not acceptable. >> the russian senate voted to revoke vladimir putin's right to order military intervention in ukraine. it w

fahme and mohamed as well and wanted all of them to be freed. but they have been very strong and stoic throughout what must have been a terrible ordeal for them and remained there and didn't go to cairo for the verdict but two of peechtreer greste's brothers were there for the verdict and rotating their presence in cairo and one has been there pretty much the entire time and that has been good support for peter greste and colleagues that remain in the cell. >> reaction from australia, one of the journalists was australian, peter greste, thank you very much. to bring you up to date right now, an egyptian court has given us -- has handed a verdict down to three of my al jazeera colleagues and given seven years each and mohamed gets three more years for possession of ammunition and we are gauging reaction from all over the world and we have barbara who is press freedom manager of international press institute and she joins us now from vienna and barbara since they were arrested in december they came to court at least a dozen times time and again wi

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been imprisoned for 171 days. peter greste's family says they are hopeful of his release. >> we have still got to have faith in the egyptian legal system. they continually backed or it's been explained to us that the egyptian legal system and judiciary is independent and open. it's a fair process. knowing that peter's - there has been no evidence presented against him. we feel - we are confident it's a good outcome. >> he has been in a cell, in a small single-berm-sized cell for 170 days with two unrelated people of, you know, different cultural, different social backgrounds. the only thing they have in common is that they work for the same employer, and they are all journalists. you know, you can understand how difficult things can get when members of the same family are couped up in one space for a whole rainy weekend. >>> egypt's president abdul fatah al-sisi has sworn in a new government. prime minister is to lead a cabinet of 34 minister, including four women. an investment post has been appointed after a fai

they want 15 years in jail for baher mohamed conditioned mohamed fahmy and peter greste. abdullah al-shami has been on hunger strike for more than four months. he insists he won't break his fast until he's released. al jazeera continues to demand did release of all of its journalists detaped in egypt. >>> egyptian police have arrested seven men for allegedly sexually assaulting a 19-year-old student. taking place during the celebrations of the president. to amend egypt's current laws on abuse. >>> as abdel fatah al-sisi begins his term as president, one of the main problems he faces is the country's chronic energy source. the energy crisis, the possible solution pf. >> the egyptian energy sector has been so devastated by years of corruption and mismanagement that the country now faces an estimated $20 billion in loans and responsibilities. the man who led the country down this past was hussein salam. it made him blts. and though an egyptian court later found salam guilty of corruption we tracked him down in spain where authorities have prevented his extradition. >> report

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 and music from his ipod. al jazeera rejects the charges and maintain that they were just doing their jobs reporting all sides of the story. >> this is not just about al

rogram, mohamed >> i think i will.ke some time to see how the measures works out. it is complicated. they will have to see if there are unintended consequences. if growth remains in, if inflation remains stuck, they will take another step and mr. draghi made it clear when he said we are not finished yet. that was his phrase. >> what time frame are we talking about before another move? to >> probably to three -- >> probably three to four months. >> not too far ahead. does that have any implications for the fed? >> it means we are on a multi-speed world of banking. think about the ecb stepping on the accelerator while the fed is taking it off while continuing .o taper we will see a multi-speed world of central banking, something we have not seen in a while, and only an interesting theme for the markets over the remainder of the year and into the next year. >> mohamed, thank you for staying with us for this half-hour. mohamed el-erian, the bloomberg view, missed and the chief allianz advisor. that does it for "in the loop

including muslim brotherhood chief mohammed bad e y. it was -- mohamed badie.it was said to be the latest move to crush dissent. one of egypt's pro-democracy activists was sentenced to 15 years in prison for protesting. with little had will from inside the country by the government or judicial system to offer fair trials, those caught in egypt's legal web may have to rely on pressure coming from outside in the international community. >>> indeed, that pressure is growing, from the united nations to news organizations in this country, including c.n.n. and the "new york times". you may wonder why the crisis is shared by many, and what brings competitors together and what the fate of three journalists half a world away has to do with freedom for all of us. >> reporter: it's impossible torus not to be moved by their images. our colleagues peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed - we have watched them caged, calling out for justice, even to simply be heard by the courts. and in this we recognise ourselves. they are employed by our sister channel al jazee

journalists peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are on trial. falsely accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the egyptian prosecution is asking for the maximum gaol terms. seven years for peter greste, and 15 years for mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. they are not alone. al jazeera arabic journalist abdullah al-shami is also in prison. but without charge. he has been on a hunger strike for five months and his health is declining. the families are getting increasingly frustrated. >> the prosecution did conclude its case with what, i think in all fairness were pretty wild and sweeping allegations against the whole of the group. >> other journalists found themselves being called enemies of the state. activists too. a court sentence fatah to 15 years gaol last week. he was a key figure in the 2011 uprising that toppled hosni mubarak. general abdul fatah al-sisi is now the president. he is promising to fix egypt's many problems. journalists want him to promote freedom of the press. so far they have a state which does the opposit

fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. the lawyer for another detained al jazeera journalist abdullah al-shami, requested his immediate release on medical grounds. abdullah al-shami has been held without charge since august and has been on a hunger strike for four months. he insists he will not break his fast until he's released. >>> sudan arrested another opposition leader for criticising actions in darfur. he was detained after blaming security forces for a search in violent. >>> families in somalia face the threat of disease after a camp for intrnally displaced people was flooded. food is scarce, medical supplying running low. we have more. >> they were already homeless. now flash floods swept through their camp making their plight more desperate. soldiers from the african union mission to somalia have been trying to help. their efforts are limited. for the moment there's nowhere else for the families to go. we sleep in the water. i have four children and we have eight consecutive nights in the water. we are homeless da

mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste has been behind bars for 175 days. they have been falsely accused of collaborating with the muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects all the charges and continues to demand the release from these charges. >>> footage appears to be from syria's eastern province which has seen the scene of heavy fighting in recent days. we have reports. [ protesting ] >> reporter: a group of syrian children head to summer camp but this is not a school-based trick. these boys are learning how to fight for the group known as the islamic state in iraq and the levant. this video posted online on saturday is said to have been filmed by the group recently. the children are encouraged to familiarize themselves with weapons and then to fire them. others are instructed in religious thought and then pledge their allegiance. >> this is a message to the leaders of jihad and the whole islamic nation, and to say that we will spend our lives in jihad, and we will give up our weapons until we have victory or martyrdom. >> pickpictures have been apparently

and speaks about mohamed fahmy. >> i'm the chief correspondent for the p.b.s. news hour and chief reporting unit, i meant mohamed fahmy three days and he came to an editing suite and provided the voice over for egypt characters we wanted translated into english and it was the afternoon after a mob stormed the israeli embassy overnight and managed to penetrate to the upper floors and hosted the egypt flag and when we arrived there there were young men out in front but did not look particularly dangerous. our crew and camera crew went in for a closer filming look while i am the driver at the time and another young egyptian producer with me waited in the van so we could quickly get away. the driver abandoned the car for whatever reason, people were lying in front of the car and started to knock on the car. just then a mob approached across these five lanes and i could see that our local producer and my camera man and my producer were being pursued by this mob and mohamed fahmy and my driver was in the car so i looked over the middle seat, jumped in the van as moha

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been behind bars for 175 days.hey have been accused of collaborating with the outlieued muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects the charges and demands the release of its journalists. simon mcgregor-wood worked with baher mohamed during the crackdown on anti-coup protesters in egypt last year and says he was professional and impartial. >> i'm simon mcgregor-wood, and i'm a correspondent working for al jazeera english. i first met baher mohamed, working for the first time in the summer of 2013 in cairo. he made a lasting re-examination on me because -- impression or me because he was everything you want in a young journalist - energetic, engaged, always relentlessly professional. he was calm under the pressure of deadline, he was asking the right questions, wanted to find out more about the stories we covered. he was a good person to have on your team. these were stressful days. these were dangerous days. and he was the right person to have with you. one of the most amazing things about him with a despite the fact th

peter greste and mohamed fadel fahmy have been given seven years in prison. baher mohamed 10 years. the australian prime minister told parliament he will be in touch with his egyptian counterparts to bring peter greste home. the pros campaign continues. al jazeera and bbc staff will hold a vigil 24 hours after the verdict - that's in the next hour. and peter greste's parent about the heartache of hearing the verdict. first this from patty culhane. >>> the world heard, the moment journalists in egypt learnt the cost of doing their jobs. peter greste - 7 years. producer mohamed fadel fahmy - 7 years. producer baher mohamed - 10 years for having a used bullet in his pocket. charged with spreading false news, there was no evidence of this presented in the courtroom. that didn't stop the judge who pronounced them guilty. the heart break clear, even through a cage. >> my god. my god. >> for their families, pure panic and disbelief. >> if there was any evidence, how many years they could give him for nothing, they gave him seven years. >> the world saw and leaders condemned it. >> today's

they want seven years for peter greste, and 15 years for baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy. >>> the lawyer for abdullah al-shami has requested his immediate release on medical grounds. abdullah al-shami has been held without charge since august last year, and has been on a hunger strike for more than four months and insists he will not break his farce until released. >>> matig was elected by mps in a controversial vote, let's get more on this in tripoli. stefanie dekker, what does this mean? >> it's an unclear picture. but the supreme court said the way he was appointed, ahmed matiq. we have spoken to his camp. they say in their eyes it's not a formal decision. there's an administrative court. it's a case put forward by the outgoing prime minister himself. we'll have to see. this is something that is polarizing the country. the court received threats. the judge left. there are two camps behind ahmed matiq and abdullah al-thinni. we were at a press conference where ahmed matiq was going to speak at the prime minister's office. he showed up. everywhere was surprised. he said "i'm not

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on monday mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste stood ones again in the courtroom cage. it was the final day for defense lawyers to put forward their argument. but they'll have to wait until june 23rd to hear the verdict. the egyptian prosecution has asked for the maximum sentences. that means mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste could get seven years. >> we've been treated as if in fact, we were terrorists. we're being locked up all day. this is unbelievable. >> reporter: they're all falsely accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera rejects all charges. and since they were arrested on december 29th they have repeatedly demanded their release. >> they have not done anything that they should be facing trial for. i believe the court will acquit them. >> reporter: since the overthrow mohamed morsi last year dozens of journalists and activists have been imprisoned. many without charge. rights groups and media organizations around the world have been joining the call for them to be released. erik with a woods, al jazeera. >> a georgia inmate

peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed respected journalists - they have been behind bars for 176 days. the egyptian authorities accuse them of spreading lies, having links to a terrorist organization. across the world many disagree and have spoken out in defense of the al jazeera team. >> we'd like to love in a world where we can go about our legitimate business, as anyone could, a doctor and lawyer. anyone co do. it's not about demack accuracy and freedom. not saying that they are above the law, but in this instance, and instances like this, if they are doing their job legitimately, people should not be obstructed in doing that and put in prison. >>> campaign events took place in 30 countries around the world. more than 69,000 people have tweeted using the hashtag free aj staff. together, those people september out of total of 1081 tweets, and they reached more than 74.4 million twitter accounts. >> the al jazeera campaign attracted support from people all over the world. the challenge for any social media campaign is to translate success in the virtual world into result