TV news presenters join campaign to free jailed Al-Jazeera journalists

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Imagine a world without press freedom. Imagine a world where reality is either distorted or ignored. Imagine a world in which journalists are prevented from being able to report.

Those are the messages in this 40-second video clip, made as part of the campaign to free Al-Jazeera's staff from jail in Egypt. The final slogan is that "journalism matters."

It features five TV news presenters: Mark Austin and Julie Etchingham of ITN; Christiane Amanpour of CNN, Mark Ferguson of Australia's Channel 7; and Shiulie Ghosh of Al-Jazeera English.

Three Al Jazeera English staff - Peter Greste, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy - have been held in custody for three months accused of "spreading false news" and "belonging to a terrorist group" for reporting from Cairo. They are due to appear at their latest court hearing today.

Source: YouTube Join the campaign #FreeAJStaff