[indiscernible] been acquitted by the court and they have to pay the expenses. And the sixth and the eighth have confiscated their equipment. Thank you. Thrown its weight behind the protest movement and has millions of supporters just in baghdad called on them to join this rally and he is throwing his weight behind the Prime Minister abadi who promised reforms but he faces a lot of challenges. Going through the details, there were a number of other trials taking place. It wasnt just the three al jazeera journalists standing trial. Mohamed fahmi was sentenced to three years. Peter was also sentenced to three years and mohamed was also sentenced to three years with an additional, i need to clarify this, i understand there was an additional six months and possibly a fine on to top of tht as well. So thats the verdict that has come out of the trial. The retrial thats been taking place in cairo. The three al jazeera journalists. Next, what we are going to do is speak to, well, lets just go
Its been a frustrating legal battle for al jazeera journalists facing retrial in egypt. A verdict was supposed to be announced. Now the three journalists hope it will be the end of the long struggle to clear their names. For the past 20 months these al jazeera journalists have been waiting to hear the word not guilty. The judiciary has another chance to deliver the justice they say they deserve. They spent more than a year of their lives in an egyptian prison. The mens fight for freedom began when they were arrested in december 2013. They were charged with aiding the now banned muslim brotherhood. In june of last year a Court Sentenced them to seven to ten years. Then last january the court throughout their convictions and ordered a retrial. Im just living day by day. I dont hope anything, i dont expect anything. In february he was deported to australia. Mohamed and fahmi were released on bail. But they have been unable to leave egypt. With their lives on hold, they are still serving a
Journalists. Reporter operations are under way to rid this country of killer land mines. Now thousands of malaysian protesters are defying a ban and holding an antigovernment rally. They are demanding reform and more transparency in politics and they want the Prime Minister to step down. Police say the gathering is illegal. We have been keeping an eye on the protest for us. Whats the latest there . Since the last time i spoke to you about an hour ago, we had a new group of protesters converging at the central point. There are five positions across where they gathered and making their way to this point. We had a new group just arrived. The numbers have surged just in the last hour. Local media say around 80,000 people are now on the streets. We cannot confirm that independently yet. The demands of the protesters have been clear from the beginning. They want clean government, they want clean elections. They want to strengthen their parliament through democracy and they want the governmen
My technology is not quite where i wanted it to be. And its coming. Apologies for that. Again, the free aj stuff hashtag at the moment, its strong and good. Its strong in australia, its strong throughout britain and europe in the middle east as well. Even if i move over here, in the United States as well. It is 5 00 in morning on the east coast, 2 00 in the morning on the west coast. Im pleased to say that. We are not happy with whats happened in the verdict, but at least you are all talking about it. As i go to the next graph, follow the hashtag. This is a snapshot of the last week. Come in with me here. A total audience receiving free aj tweets. We see the map and where its trending. On the globe graph, i dont know if we can see here, this is the last week and the serve and popularity of the aj stuff, free aj. You see on this graph, this is sunday last week, moving up to a big spike here telling us that we are looking at about, and this is a word which we use in social meed yeah medi
Scandal. Plus, ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated new orleans, the city remembers its dead. The sentencing of three journalists in egypt has been condemned worldwide. Al jazeera called the verdict a deliberate attack on press freedom. Reporter hope, then heart break in an egyptian courtroom as two journalists return to prison a retrial was supposed to give mohamed, Mohamed Fahmi and peter a Second Opportunity to clear their names. Instead, justice was denied yet again. I dont know how im going to survive this without him. He did nothing. Reporter the judge said he wanted to make clear to the people of egypt that these men were not journalists and doctored videos for air. Then he sentenced them for more prison time. Three years. They already spent more than a year behind bars. One has been deported to australia. Its outrageous. Its devastating for me. I know, my heart is with them. Journalists inside the courtroom described a tense and angry atmosphere after the verdict. From