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| Egypt President Sisi 'will not interfere' in al-Jazeera case | Egypt President Sisi 'will not interfere' in al-Jazeera case |
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| Egypt's president has said he will not "interfere" with the judiciary over the sentencing of al-Jazeera journalists in Cairo, which triggered global outrage. | Egypt's president has said he will not "interfere" with the judiciary over the sentencing of al-Jazeera journalists in Cairo, which triggered global outrage. |
| Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said "we must respect judicial rulings and not criticise them even if others do not understand this". | Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said "we must respect judicial rulings and not criticise them even if others do not understand this". |
| A court in Cairo found Australian Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed guilty of spreading false news. | A court in Cairo found Australian Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed guilty of spreading false news. |
| The trio had denied the charges and are expected to appeal. | The trio had denied the charges and are expected to appeal. |
| Earlier, Australian FM Julie Bishop told the BBC Canberra would work with the Egyptian government to try to secure Mr Greste's release "as soon as possible". | |
| "We support Egypt's transition to democracy, but that also includes freedom of speech and press." | |
| Al-Jazeera trial | |
| Who are the al-Jazeera journalists on trial in Egypt? | |
| Ms Bishop also ruled out imposing sanctions on Egypt, saying it was "not helpful at this stage". | |
| The jailing of the reporters has been condemned by media organisations around the world. | |
| In London, BBC staff were joined by colleagues from other news organisations in a one-minute silent protest outside New Broadcasting House in London. | |
| The protest took place at 09:41 BST (08:41 GMT) - exactly 24 hours after the sentencing in Cairo on Monday. | |
| "The case is unjust," the BBC's News Director James Harding told the gathering. | |
| He added that journalists around the world "have to stand together" for reporters being imprisoned for simply doing their job. | |
| Mr Harding added that journalists would be sending a letter to the Egyptian president, calling him to intervene. |