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BREAKING: Egypt to deport jailed Australian Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste
Peter Greste and two other Al Jazeera journalists were jailed in June 2014 for spreading false news and aiding the banned Muslim Brotherhood
Ahram Online Published in Ahram Online on 01 - 02 - 2015

Cairo is set to deport jailed Australian journalist Peter Greste, state news agency MENA reported.
An official source at Cairo airport told Al-Ahram that a plane is currently waiting for Greste and he will leave once his papers are finalised.
His deportation is taking place under the observation of Interpol, the source added.
The Australian government has repeatedly called on Egypt to drop the charges against Greste.
Gresteand two other Al Jazeera journalists – Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed – were sentenced last June to between seven and ten years in jail for spreading false news and aiding the banned Muslim Brotherhood. They have been detained since December 2013.
Rights groups and Western governments have criticised the detentions. Al Jazeera has condemned the charges against its staff, saying the trial was flawed.
The High Court ordered a retrial of the reporters on 1 January, but no date has yet been set.
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said in November that a presidential pardon was being studied but ruled out granting the journalists clemency until the legal process has been finalised.
The deportation decision comes according to a law passed in late 2014 that allows foreign convicts to be transferred to their country to either be retried or serve their sentence.
Informed sources said that Fahmy, who also has Canadian nationality, will be deported to Canada soon. However, no information is yet confirmed concerning Fahmy or Mohamed.
The Al Jazeera case is believed to have stemmed from strained ties between Cairo and Doha, which funds the Doha-based media organisation and was one of the main supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood group.
Cairo has accused Al Jazeera of being a mouthpiece for the now-outlawed Brotherhood, charges the channel denies.
A recent thaw in ties between Cairo and Doha offered fresh hope over the fate of the journalists.
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