Egypt - Authorities urged to drop all charges against two Al-Jazeera journalists

Reporters Without Borders is relieved by today's Cairo court decision to release Al-Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed provisionally and calls on the Egyptian authorities to immediately drop all charges against them. Fahmy, who is Canadian, was ordered to pay 250,000 Egyptian pounds (29,000 euros) in bail. Mohamed, who is Egyptian, was freed without bail. But both are still accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and are due to appear in court again on 23 (...)

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