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| Hopes dim Egypt will free Al-Jazeera journalist soon |
| 2014-12-31 |
| Hopes are fading for the release of Australian journalist Peter Greste, who has been in jail in Egypt for a year, after Cairo sent mixed signals about his case, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday. Greste, Egyptian-Canadian acting bureau chief Mohammed Fahmy and Egyptian producer Baher Mohammed were arrested a year ago Monday in a case that has sent shock waves through the media in Egypt. The Al-Jazeera reporter is serving seven to 10 years for crimes that include spreading lies to help a "terrorist organization" -- an allusion to the Muslim Brotherhood group which is banned in Egypt. Bishop last week raised the possibility Greste could be freed before an appeal hearing set for Jan. 1. "We had indications that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi would exercise his authority regarding a pardon or a clemency plea in advance of the appeal," Bishop told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "Yet, in the meantime, the Egyptian foreign minister has said to me that we have to await the appeal, so there are different messages coming from the Egyptian government," Bishop said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 but the traditional site of Sodom is known very accurately. Ouch! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-12-31 16:27 |
| #2 I dunno about Gomorrah, but the traditional site of Sodom is known very accurately. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2014-12-31 15:03 |
| #1 The Egyptian Jailers have not finished the "Egyptian Prison" treatment such establishments are so well know for. I have it on good sources the prison in question is not too far from the traditional site of Sodom and Gomorrah. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-12-31 06:59 |