Egyptian court adjourns Al Jazeera journalists’ retrial to June 11

The journalists are charged with aiding a
terrorist organisation, a reference to the
Muslim Brotherhood, which was
outlawed in Egypt after the army ousted
Islamist president Mohamed Mursi amid
mass protests against his rule in 2013.
A Cairo court on Thursday adjourned the retrial of Al Jazeera television journalists to June
11 for more closing statements by the defence team.
The journalists are charged with aiding a
terrorist organisation, a reference to the
Muslim Brotherhood, which was
outlawed in Egypt after the army ousted
Islamist president Mohamed Mursi amid
mass protests against his rule in 2013.
Mohamed Fahmy , a naturalised Canadian
who has given up his Egyptian
citizenship, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed
were released on bail in February after
spending more than a year in custody.
A third Al Jazeera journalist, Australian
Peter Greste , was deported in February.
The journalists were originally sentenced
to between seven and 10 years in prison
on charges including spreading lies to
help a terrorist organisation, which they
have denied.
Egypt’s high court ordered the retrial in
January.
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