Close X
Wednesday, October 9, 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

New Zealand Official's Indian Radio Remark Sparks Race Row

New Zealand Official's Indian Radio Remark Sparks Race Row
An official of the immigration department in New Zealand has sparked off a race row by saying that people who listen to Indian radio are unlikely to be New Zealanders.

New Zealand Official's Indian Radio Remark Sparks Race Row

Obama seeks greater commitment from world leaders in Ebola fight

Obama seeks greater commitment from world leaders in Ebola fight
US President Barack Obama has urged European leaders to make a greater commitment in the global fight against Ebola during a video conference with...

Obama seeks greater commitment from world leaders in Ebola fight

Global warming leads to oxygen depletion in oceans

Global warming leads to oxygen depletion in oceans
A study to track oxygen levels in global oceans has revealed that the oxygen levels in oceans have come down due to global warming.....

Global warming leads to oxygen depletion in oceans

US hospital official 'deeply sorry' for Ebola mistakes

US hospital official 'deeply sorry' for Ebola mistakes
A top official at a US hospital apologised Thursday for mishandling the country's first and now deceased Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan who infected two other...

US hospital official 'deeply sorry' for Ebola mistakes

India must not complicate border situation: China

India must not complicate border situation: China
Asked about China's comments on reports that India was planning to build roads along the eastern section of the India-China border, Chinese foreign...

India must not complicate border situation: China

Obama predicts long-term campaign against IS

Obama predicts long-term campaign against IS
US President Barack Obama warned that there would be periodic setbacks in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) and said it is a long-term campaign....

Obama predicts long-term campaign against IS