Hello, im ray suarez. After months of behind the scenes diplomatic pressure and more public calls for their release worldwide three journalists covering egypt for al jazeera have been sentenced to long prison terms. After the fall of the Muslim Brotherhoodled government, mohammed morsi, the new military government declared the brotherhood a terrorist organization. Interviewing the Muslim Brotherhood in the course of a few weeks had been transformed from interviewing the countrys leaders into a crime. Now despite pressure from around the world three of our colleagues are being sent to prison. Egypts new bosses seem to want the Muslim Brotherhood, the power of egypt after mohamed morsi. Our colleagues are still part of the story. Covering is what reporters do, but the Egyptian Government made reporting a crime. In december right after the Muslim Brotherhood was deemed a banned terrorist organization in egypt, i spoke to peter greste on our program. Does the designation by the Egyptian Go
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