peter greste has been an outspoken support of his colleagues for weeks.n seigenthaler caught up with him, asking about his experience in prison. >> we have a lot of talking to do you know about the issue of freedom of the press. for some reasons i seem to be closely identified with freedom of speech protection of journalists, freedom of the press and so on. i have a platform. people are paying attention. i feel a moral responsibility to be honest with you, to take the opportunity to talk about the issues which are close to my heart. the bigger issues attacks on freedom of the press. >> flashbacks to that time? >> not flashbacks. that implies an amount of drama. i don't see that this was traumatic in that sense. it was difficult, tough, name no mistake. if there are memories they are strong. i wouldn't go through it in a million years, but i don't feel traumatised by it. >> describe it for us. >> prison at the best of times is never easy. an egyptian prison likewise is never going to be a cakewalk. at the same time we did our best to build in a routine. a

he said the network: he was the cairo's she have along with peter greste and mohammed badr.y were convicted of spreading false news. peter greste has been deported. mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr are awaiting retrial. the network said: >>> in bangladesh another blogger has been murdered, the third killing in three months. on may 11th he was hacked to death by a gang in the east. authorities are yet to confirm the motive. but the 33-year-old was threatened over a pro-secular blog post. religious groups pushed for tougher anti-blasphemy laws to keep religions out of politics. his bloggings was based on anated yist blog are who was killed. and another was killed for anti-islamic writing. >>> from the u.s. based committee to protect journalists it was said: >>> macedonia is a small country of 2 million people. the government has a big media story. three months ago the leader of the main opposition party accused of the government of an ilsurveillance programme, the phone tapping of 20,000 poem, including 100 journalists over a 4-year period. the prime minister denied the a

. >> earlier this year our colleague being australian journalist peter greste was deported then bahered and mohamed fahmy still haven't been able to leave that country. be peter greste has been instrumental in getting them released. >> world press freedom day is a unique opportunities to stand in solidarity not only with our colleagues within the al jazeera media network but with other passionate and brave journalists here in the u.s. and across the globe. today is the day that we call attention to the monumental importance of a vibrant and free press. right now i speak for our entire al jazeera america team when i say that we are honored to be part of an organization. we remain committed to shining a light where there is darkness, giving a voice to the voiceless empowering people's thought and action throughout the world. we honor courageous journalists we remember colleagues who have lost their lives in the pursuit offing the news. on behalf of all at al jazeera america, let journalism thrive. thank you. >> we continue to follow breaking news in garland temp. contest drawing depicti

a journalist we all know well and someone who knows firsthand about the lack of press freedom peter greste, who spent many days with colleagues in an egyptian jail. how are you? >> i'm fine, it's wonderful to be here again. it's been a very long time and really nice to be back in front of the camera. >> love live to see you back on al jazeera here with us. let's talk about world press freedom day after spending 400 days in jail. it's something which even though a case like yours in particular, the rest of our al jazeera staff goes on, but yours has dipped out of the lime light a little bit. we can't let the whole picture be lost. >> no, we can't our struggle or justice is still on going our case before the court for the three of us and mohamed fahmy baher mohammed and myself are all accused. more broadly i'm very concerned about press freedom. as a result of this experience, i've become closely associated with the wider issue globally and i feel very passionate about it very strongly about it. i think what we're seeing if you look at a recent survey by freedom house it's found that press f

boaxbaher mohamed and mohamed fahmy have become symbols of journalists held wrongly around the world, peter greste was deported to his native australia. a judge dismissed charges against mohamed and fahmy but ordered them to be tried again. global campaign such as free aj staff is important but it's only a start. >> the real issue involves national governments not meeting their commitments to uphold justice and ensure that journalists can work safely. >> reporter: prosecution has videos it says, but testimony from the prosecution's own witnesses has aided the defense. write the report or remember what they wrote and egyptian billionaire has testified on their behalf. fahmy may have gotten one step further to being deported to canada where he is a citizen. the government has issued him a temporary passport. they might be free on bail they still can't move forward with theirs lives. >> i want to be a productive person and it's really damaging my life. and i didn't do anything wrong. >> the journalists hope this time around an egyptian court will agree. natasha guinane, al jazeera. >> arrested a teen

. >> freed al jazeera journalist peter greste wants to testify at his retrial set to take place in egyptuggesting he do it via video link from australia. in an opinion peace published in the "sydney morning herald," he wants the chance to defend himself, showing that he is not a fugitive from justice. he was deported and his colleagues mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr were released on became weeks later. all three are accused of collaborating with the muslim brotherhood, charges they and al jazeera deny. >> no one really wants a conviction based on a technicality. the technicality is if i'm in egypt - i'm not allowed to be in egypt because the president kicked me out. the court is demanding i appear. if i don't appear upped rules i'll be convicted. this is the only which i can think of that i can demonstrate to the court, the egyptian government, the people that i'm not a fugitive i'm not afraid of justice, i'm prepared to go through a cross-examination and defend myself as i said earlier, there's no evidence against us we weren't doing anything criminal, we were not guilty of charg