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Journalists Protest Jailed Al-Jazeera Colleagues in Egypt

BBC journalists participated in a one-minute silent protest against the seven-year jail terms given to three Al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt.
Image: Protests Against The Jailed Al-Jazeera Journalists
BBC staff and colleagues from other news organisations take part in a one-minute silent protest outside New Broadcasting House against the seven-year jail terms given to three Al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt on Tuesday in London.Getty Images

BBC journalists and colleagues from other news organisations participated in a one-minute silent protest outside New Broadcasting House in London on Tuesday against the seven-year jail terms given to three Al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt. A court in Cairo found Al-Jazeera's Cairo bureau chief, Mohamed Fahmy, who is Canadian-Egyptian, Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed and Australian correspondent Peter Greste guilty of spreading false news.