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Al Jazeera has described the verdict of an Egyptian court a deliberate attack on press freedom after it sentenced three of its journalists to three years in prison.
Egyptian Baher Mohamed and Canadian Mohamed Fahmy are heading back to jail after a retrial found them guilty of "broadcasting false news".
Australian Peter Greste - who was sentenced in absentia - said Saturday's verdict was clearly political.
Mohamed and Fahmy were sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty by the Cairo court of "aiding a terrorist organisation".
The journalists and Al Jazeera vigorously denied the accusations during the course of the trial.
Source: Aljazeera
Egyptian Baher Mohamed and Canadian Mohamed Fahmy are heading back to jail after a retrial found them guilty of "broadcasting false news".
Australian Peter Greste - who was sentenced in absentia - said Saturday's verdict was clearly political.
Mohamed and Fahmy were sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty by the Cairo court of "aiding a terrorist organisation".
The journalists and Al Jazeera vigorously denied the accusations during the course of the trial.
Source: Aljazeera
