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Peter Greste: Egypt detention is ‘attack on press freedom’
BBC News ^ | 25 January 2014 | Last updated at 11:13 ET

Posted on 01/26/2014 5:48:54 PM PST by Olog-hai

An Australian journalist, who is being held in an Egyptian jail with two colleagues, says their detention is an “attack on freedom of speech”.

“We have not been formally charged, much less convicted of any crime,” Peter Greste wrote in a letter.

The Al-Jazeera journalists were arrested on 30 December in Cairo for allegedly holding illegal meetings with the banned Muslim Brotherhood. …

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Egypt; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aljazeera; arabspring; australia; egypt; muslimbrotherhood; petergreste; waronterror

1 posted on 01/26/2014 5:48:55 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

That’s how it’s done


2 posted on 01/26/2014 5:50:30 PM PST by panzerkamphwageneinz
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To: Olog-hai

When you work with terrorists and promote their propaganda - your are no longer a journalist...


3 posted on 01/26/2014 5:52:04 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: 2banana
When you work with terrorists and promote their propaganda - your are no longer a journalist...

Damn straight! Here in America we call that person Mr. President!

4 posted on 01/26/2014 6:09:37 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Olog-hai
An Australian journalist, who is being held in an Egyptian jail with two colleagues, says their detention is an “attack on freedom of speech”.

Whoever said any Muslim country had freedom of speech?

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5 posted on 01/26/2014 6:18:58 PM PST by JCG
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The Al-Jazeera journalists were arrested on 30 December in Cairo for allegedly holding illegal meetings with the banned Muslim Brotherhood.
Thanks Olog-hai.
6 posted on 01/26/2014 6:51:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (;http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: Olog-hai

While back in “free speech” Australia, radio personalities are hauled into court for questioning and/or opposing the global warming...I mean, climate change agenda.


7 posted on 01/26/2014 9:25:56 PM PST by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Olog-hai

Headline should read:

Egypt Arrests Enemy Agents Who Were Posing as Journalists.


8 posted on 01/27/2014 1:04:34 PM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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