Thursday, 26 June 2014

How TV channel helped shape Mideast

The sentencing in Cairo of journalists from Al Jazeera's English-language channel this week has shocked the West. Australian Peter Geest, formerly of the BBC, received seven years: so did Canadian-Egyptian Mohammed Fahmy, who had worked with CNN. Baher Mohammed, an Egyptian producer, was given 10 years. The Australian Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, herself a trained lawyer, said the sentence was incomprehensible "based on the evidence presented in the case."



from CNN.com - Top Stories http://ift.tt/1myx6mN

Labels: ,

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home