mohammed badr and mohamed fadel fahmy were pardoned in september. peter was released in february. and spent more than 400 days in prison. >> as long as you have a purpose for what you are suffering, you can put up with extraordinarily difficult times. for me the purpose was press freedom. >> and the commitment around the world, speaking as an ambassador for press freedom kept peter busy with his release. >> some of the people here played a key role in the release of the al jazeera journalist. in february it was members here in nairobi, that started the free aj staff. they organized a process and marched to the embassy, and that campaign spread around the world. >> the march by journalists was followed by protests by dozens of news outlets. then politicians from australia, america and others spoke out. >> ith it went further than any of us would have handled or expected. and i know, talking to neert now, he felt that it had a role and an impact. >> peter plans to use the attention to continue fighting for press freedom. and to write a book. his charges in egypt have not been droppe