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Jailed Australian journalist seeks presidential deportation from Egypt

The lawyer for jailed Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste has formally applied to the Egyptian government for the Australian's deportation, his family said on Friday, after Egypt's highest court ordered a retrial for Greste and two colleagues.

 

Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed were sentenced a year ago to seven to 10 years on charges including spreading lies to helping a "terrorist organization" - a reference to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

 

The High Court in Cairo ordered the retrial on Thursday on the grounds of procedural flaws in the trial, defence lawyers said on Thursday.

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.02.15, 08:17