Amy Goodman
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Journalism is Not a Crime: Freed Al Jazeera Reporter Peter Greste Seeks Pardon from Egypt
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10:45Now PlayingDemocracynow.org - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi granted pardons to 100 people on Wednesday, including two jailed journalists from Al Jazeera—Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed. The two were initially arrested along with Australian journalist Peter Greste as part of a crackdown on Al Jazeera following the ouster of democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi in 2013 and served more than a year in prison. In a statement, Amnesty International said, "While these pardons come as a great relief, it is ludicrous that some of these people were even behind bars in the first place." Fahmy, Mohamed and Greste were initially sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison for terrorism charges including "spreading false news" in support of the Muslim Brotherhood, deemed a "terrorist group" by the Egyptian government. While Fahmy and Mohamed have been pardoned, no pardon has been issued yet for Peter Greste, who has traveled to New York to lobby for a presidential pardon while el-Sisi is attending the United Nations General Assembly. We speak with Greste about the pardons of his colleagues as he continues to seek a pardon for himself.
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