Detained Al-Jazeera journo to be in German custody

A prominent Al-Jazeera journalist will remain in German custody for a second night, prosecutors said on Sunday, saying they have not yet decided whether to extradite him to Egypt or set him free.

As dozens of supporters protested on Sunday in front of the Berlin court building where Ahmed Mansour was being held, his lawyer, Fazli Altin, called for the journalist’s immediate release, saying that Germany was getting involved in a politically tainted case. Mansour, 52, a well-known journalist with the Qatar-based broadcaster’s Arabic service, was detained at Berlin’s Tegel airport on Saturday on an Egyptian arrest warrant, his lawyers said. Mansour, who holds dual Egyptian-British nationality, was trying to board a Qatar Airways flight to Doha, the station reported.