Al Jazeera journalists sentenced in Egypt

Al Jazeera journalists sentenced in Egypt

PanARMENIAN.Net - An Egyptian judge sentenced three Al Jazeera journalists on Monday, June 23, to seven years in jail after finding them guilty on charges including helping a "terrorist organization" by publishing lies, Reuters reported.

The three include Australian Peter Greste, Al Jazeera's Kenya-based correspondent, and Canadian-Egyptian national Mohamed Fahmy, bureau chief of Al Jazeera English.

A third defendant, Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed, received an additional three-year jail sentence on a separate charge involving possession of weapons.

Another 11 defendants were sentenced in absentia to 10 years.

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