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World Service,21 Dec 2023,9 mins

Al Jazeera Three: Imprisoned in Egypt

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In 2014 three journalists were sentenced to seven years in jail in Egypt. Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed became known as the Al Jazeera Three. The jail terms handed out to them led to an international outcry as protesters called for press freedom. Peter Greste tells his compelling story to Gill Kearsley. (Photo: Peter Greste inside the defendants’ cage. Credit: Khaled Desouki/AFP via Getty Images)

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