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CPJ welcomes release of Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste
Sources News Release
http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR2396.htm
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Date Written: 02/02/2015
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who was serving a seven-year prison sentence in Egypt for "conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood," was deported today, according to Egypt's state-run news agency.
Abstract: Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who was serving a seven-year prison sentence in Egypt for "conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood," was deported today, according to Egypt's state-run news agency. Greste, who is Australian, was arrested in December 2013 with his colleagues Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed.
"We welcome the release of Peter Greste," said Sherif Mansour, CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator. "We call on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to pardon an...
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