Two Al Jazeera journalists are set to
appear in a court in the Egyptian
capital, Cairo, for their much-delayed
retrial, with closing arguments set to
begin at 10am local time (08:00 GMT).
Monday’s hearing will be the fifth in the
retrial of Baher Mohamed and Mohamed
Fahmy.
Prosecutors have accused the two of
“spreading false news” and having ties
to the former president Mohamed
Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood group,
charges which the journalists and Al
Jazeera vigorously reject.
Another Al Jazeera journalist, Peter
Greste, also faces the same charges
but was deported back to his native
Australia in February this year.
Greste was told by the judge that he must
appear for the retrial or he will be
formally declared on trial in absentia.
“That means I will automatically get a
conviction if I don’t appear, but of
course I can’t go back because President
Sisi deported me, so I’m stuck in this
legal limbo,” Greste told Reuters news
agency in an interview published on
Friday.
Jumia
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