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Jailed Al-Jazeera journalists freed pending retrial
Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were freed after spending more than 400 days in an Egyptian prison, and must appear in court again on February 23.
Journalists’ high-profile trial a sham
Al-Jazeera staffers are found guilty despite clearly flawed evidence presented by the prosecution.
Egypt TV head denies inciting Morsi’s murder
A television channel chief and presenter has denied calling for the murder of President Mohamed Morsi during his trial on incitement charges in Cairo.
Egypt talk shows shut in media clamp
The Egyptian Journalists’ Union has accused the government of cracking down on media after two popular talk shows were closed