An Egyptian court on Thursday postponed its verdict in the retrial of three Al-Jazeera journalists accused of supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood, in a case that has sparked a global outcry.
Australian Peter Greste, Canadian Mohamed <g data-gr-id="9">Fahmy</g> and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were jailed last year for “spreading false news” during their coverage of the turmoil after the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
Greste, who has since been deported, and Fahmy received seven years in the initial <g data-gr-id="12">trial,</g> while Mohamed was jailed for 10 years. An appeals court ordered a retrial, saying the verdict lacked evidence against the three journalists working for the Doha-based network’s English channel.