#FreeAJStaff: world stands shoulder to shoulder
TUESDAY 24 JUNE 2014
Exactly 24 hours after three Al Jazeera journalists were jailed in Egypt for terror related charges, hundreds of colleagues have staged a silent protest in their support.
Exactly 24 hours after three Al Jazeera journalists were jailed in Egypt for terror related charges, hundreds of colleagues have staged a silent protest in their support.
Staff from the BBC and other news organisations held a one minute silent protest outside New Broadcasting House in London at 9.41am, the time on Monday that Peter Greste, an Australian journalist, Baher Mohammed, an Egyptian producter, and Mohammed Fahmy, acting Cairo bureau chief, were jailed for seven years each.