and in court today, there was no translator for peter gresta. senior officials say the al jazeera team will get a fair trial and as long as journalists abide by the law, they won't wiped up in the dock. >> in egypt we have more than 1,000 correspondents representing more than 200 agencies and media organizations . none of them have been exposed to that because they are abiding by the law, respecting being in egypt and respecting its circulations. >> alongside the journalists, several other defendants appeared in court. they complained of being kicked, beaten and tortured in custody. one said he was only told about the trial hours before it began. the case was adjourned to march 5th. bbc news, cairo. >> freedom of speech on trial there in egypt. now just across the north korean border, families that had been separated for decades were reunited today. more than 100 south koreans made the trip to meet their relatives for the first time since the korean war. but they only had a few hours together. >> they came any way they could, supported by helper

mohammed and peter gresta have been in prison for 61 days. they are aused of having links with a terrorist organization. their trial has now been adjourned to march 5th. al jazeera network cameraman detained nearly seven months ago in egypt, he was freed earlier this month and he says he was abused and tortured almost daily by staff. >> two by 2 1/2 meters only, we were four person in the same cell. it was too small so we had to sleep in the turns. we were preventing from offering group prayers or attending friday ceremonies. food was very bad. and we could see insecting crawling in the plate or inside the bread. medical care was totally absent. only painkillers were given to any kind of complain. was also in the prison in egypt, he was arrested in august, he is still there, he has been on a hunger strike for more than a month. his wife talked to us about her husband's condition. >> go that the cairo who cover what has happened there, and he went to cairo, and in the beginning he was covering in the square for two or three days and then he mo