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| Peter Greste: Al-Jazeera journalist 'freed by Egypt' | |
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| Jailed al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste is being deported from Egypt, the state news agency and police say. | Jailed al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste is being deported from Egypt, the state news agency and police say. |
| The Australian ex-BBC correspondent was arrested in December 2013 and imprisoned last June on charges including spreading false news. | The Australian ex-BBC correspondent was arrested in December 2013 and imprisoned last June on charges including spreading false news. |
| There is no word on the two al-Jazeera men who were jailed with him, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed. | There is no word on the two al-Jazeera men who were jailed with him, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed. |
| All of the defendants denied the charges against them and have said their trial was a sham. | All of the defendants denied the charges against them and have said their trial was a sham. |
| They were accused of collaborating with the banned Muslim Brotherhood after the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi by the military in 2013. | |
| The three men said they were simply reporting the news. | |
| International campaign | |
| Egypt's top court had in January ordered a retrial of the three men. | |
| But an Egyptian official told Agence France-Presse news agency on Sunday: "There is a presidential decision to deport Peter Greste to Australia." | |
| Another official told Associated Press the release had been co-ordinated with the Australian embassy in Cairo. | |
| The BBC's Orla Guerin in Cairo says Egyptian law requires those deported under these circumstances to either finish their sentence in their home country or be put on trial again there, and it is unclear whether the Australian authorities have agreed to that. | |
| Al-Jazeera has demanded the release of its journalists ever since they were arrested and there has been a major international campaign to try to secure their release. | |
| Mr Fahmy holds Egyptian and Canadian citizenship and is the Egyptian-Canadian bureau chief. | |
| Mr Mohamed, a producer, is an Egyptian national. | |
| Mr Greste and Mr Fahmy were sentenced to seven years, while Mr Mohamed is serving 10. |