Jailed AJ journalist wins Press Freedom award
697 views · Published 2 May 2014 · 8:25 · Indexed 14 November 2026
Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics
Mohamed Fahmy, one of the four Al Jazeera journalists in prison in Egypt, has received a Press Freedom Award for his contribution to the industry, in advance of World Press Freedom Day on May 3. The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom has named him as its 16th recipient. Fahmy and his two colleagues will have a trial hearing on Saturday. Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed have now been in jail for 125 days. They are falsely accused of providing a platform to Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, now declared a terrorist organisation.
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