Washington Post Egypt frees Australian, one of three jailed Al Jazeera journalists Egypt freed and deported Sunday one of the Al Jazeera journalists who had been jailed for more than a year in a case that drew international condemnation and sparked a worldwide campaign for their release. Australian Peter Greste immediately boarded a plane for Cyprus and is in good health, according to a report posted online by his employer, the English-language branch of the Al Jazeera network. Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypt-frees-australian-one-of-three-jailed-al-jazeera-journalists/2015/02/01/52380912-aa38-11e4-ad71-7b9eba0f87d6_story.html Turkish Weekly Jazeera reporter wants to give up Egyptian nationality A journalist of the Qatari news network Al Jazeera, who holds a dual Egyptian-Canadian nationality, has submitted a petition to give up his Egyptian nationality, an Egyptian Foreign Ministry source said Sunday. The source told The Anadolu Agency that journalist Mohamed Fahmy, who has been jailed in Egypt since December of 2013 on charges of broadcasting false news – along with two other journalists - had submitted the petition in order to be deported to Canada. He said the journalist's deportation could be done in the light of an Egyptian law allowing the Egyptian President to deport foreign nationals convicted of committing crimes in Egypt to their countries to serve sentences handed them in Egypt. Read more: http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/179584/jazeera-reporter-wants-to-give-up-egyptian-nationality.html Egypt says acting to suspend pro-Brotherhood channels The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Sunday that it was making contacts with some European governments to convince them to take some pro-Muslim Brotherhood satellite channels off the air. It said these channels incited hate, violence and terrorism. "Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry instructed Egypt's embassies in some European countries to begin pursuing the matter," the ministry said in a statement. Read more: http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/179594/egypt-says-acting-to-suspend-pro-brotherhood-channels.html
