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Peter Greste's trial in Egyptian court adjourned

 

Australian journalist Peter Greste and two of his Al Jazeera colleagues have had their trial Peter Greste s trial in Egyptian court adjournedadjourned and have once again been denied bail from an Egyptian prison.

There had been hopes Greste could have been freed during the court appearance on Monday, after Prime Minister Tony Abbott spoke directly to interim Egyptian president Adly Mansour about the case last week.

However the trio, accused of spreading false news and having links with the Muslim Brotherhood - blacklisted as a terrorist organisation - had their case adjourned until April 10.

It was Greste's fourth appearance in court, after more than 90 days in prison, and in an unusual move he was allowed to directly approach the judge and tell him why he should be freed.

In words translated for the judge, Greste said that he had only been in Egypt for two weeks before his arrest and he had no connection with the Muslim Brotherhood.

He also said that he had committed no crimes of violence, had no criminal record, and that he posed no threat to the people or state of Egypt.

Greste told the court his only desire was to continue the fight to clear his name.

Fellow defendant Mohamed Fahmy pointed out that Greste is a Christian, making any alleged support for the Muslim Brotherhood unusual.

Fahmy also argued that because he himself drinks alcohol, he would not be a member of the Brotherhood.

Three so-called technical experts who presented to the court were supposed to look at Greste's stories and rule on whether they were biased towards the Muslim Brotherhood and whether they were seeking to tarnish Egypt's reputation.

However, that did not happen because there were no facilities for it in the court.

Greste, Fahmy, and Baher Mohamed were arrested in a Cairo hotel room on December 29.

The journalists have constantly denied the charges, which Al Jazeera has labelled absurd.

 

 

Source: ABC

 

1-4-2014
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