Egypt - Dismay over latest postponement in Al-Jazeera trial

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the latest postponement in the Al-Jazeera retrial, the tenth since it began in February. The announcement of the verdict, originally scheduled for 30 July, was postponed today for the second time in four days, this time until 29 August, thereby prolonging the uncertainty for the Qatari TV station's journalists. “This latest of many postponements just increases the tension surrounding the Al-Jazeera trial and prolongs the agony for the station's three (...)

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