Close X
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
ADVT 
International

Mohamed Fahmy's Retrial In Egypt Adjourned To June 11

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 04 Jun, 2015 11:36 AM
  • Mohamed Fahmy's Retrial In Egypt Adjourned To June 11
CAIRO — The retrial of Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy and two other Al Jazeera English journalists on terror-related charges has been adjourned to June 11.
 
The three were detained in December 2013 in Cairo and later sentenced to up to 10 years in prison each, before Egypt's highest court ordered the retrial.
 
Judge Hassan Farid on Thursday ordered the postponement so defence lawyers would have a chance to deliver their closing arguments.
 
Fahmy, who was Al-Jazeera's Cairo acting bureau chief, Australian journalist Peter Greste and Egyptian producer Baher Mohammed are on retrial on charges of being part of a terrorist group and airing falsified footage intended to damage national security.
 
Greste was released and deported in February.
 
Fahmy, who has filed a civil lawsuit against Al Jazeera, and Mohammed were released on bail days later. 

MORE International ARTICLES

Obama confirms killing of American hostage by IS

Obama confirms killing of American hostage by IS
US President Barack Obama Sunday confirmed that American hostage Peter Kassig had been killed by the Sunni radical group Islamic State (IS)....

Obama confirms killing of American hostage by IS

Earthquake hits New Zealand

Earthquake hits New Zealand
An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted New Zealand's North Island region Monday, media reported....

Earthquake hits New Zealand

Honduras beauty queen goes missing

Honduras beauty queen goes missing
 Miss Honduras World 2014, Maria Jose Alvarado, and her sister, Sofia Trinidad, have been missing since last week, beauty pageant organiser Eduardo Zablah has said....

Honduras beauty queen goes missing

Lack of trust fuelled Ebola spread in West Africa

Lack of trust fuelled Ebola spread in West Africa
The researchers interviewed 41 Red Cross staff and volunteers who had been mobilised to raise Ebola awareness and teach families how to protect themselves.....

Lack of trust fuelled Ebola spread in West Africa

Pakistan tests intermediate range ballistic missile

Pakistan tests intermediate range ballistic missile
Pakistan Monday conducted a test launch of an intermediate range ballistic missile which is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a....

Pakistan tests intermediate range ballistic missile

India must decide on joining APEC: Chinese daily

It is high time India took a decision on joining the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) after having declined to attend the bloc's annual summit in...

India must decide on joining APEC: Chinese daily