--- description: Mohamed Famy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste have been in prison for over a year, convicted of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood title: Retrial For Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f3b8f9ada4cfb47/698777d30b72e323036dce59/rtr3v865.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Egypt](/tag/egypt/) ## Egypt Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # An Egyptian Court Orders a Retrial For the Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 1, 2015 10:12 AM CUT  Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed (L-R) listen to the ruling at a court in Cairo June 23, 2014. Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed (L-R) listen to the ruling at a court in Cairo June 23, 2014.Asmaa Waguih—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 1, 2015 10:12 AM CUT The three Al Jazeera journalists incarcerated in Egypt received a glimmer of hope on Thursday, when a court [canceled their jail sentences ](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2015/01/egypt-court-orders-retrial-al-jazeera-case-2015117147966181.html "undefined")and ordered a retrial. However, Mohamed Famy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste were denied bail at an appeal hearing, with the judge ruling that their case had to be reviewed by a criminal court, Al Jazeera reported. Famy, Greste and Mohamed have been in prison for over a year after being convicted of conspiring with the now banned Muslim Brotherhood. Greste and Fahmy were sentenced to seven years each in prison, while Mohamed received an additional three years for possession of a spent bullet casing he had picked up during one of the protests. Al Jazeera has maintained that the charges against its employees are baseless and absurd, and the defense lawyers said they expect the retrial to be held within a month. The trio’s families were not satisfied with the verdict, having harbored the hope that they would be released this week. \[[_Al Jazeera_](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2015/01/egypt-court-orders-retrial-al-jazeera-case-2015117147966181.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3651492/al-jazeera-journalists-retrial-egypt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3651492/al-jazeera-journalists-retrial-egypt/"},"headline":"An Egyptian Court Orders a Retrial For the Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists","datePublished":"2015-01-01T10:12:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:13:10.328Z","description":"Mohamed Famy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste have been in prison for over a year, convicted of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood","url":"https://time.com/3651492/al-jazeera-journalists-retrial-egypt/","keywords":["Egypt","Journalists"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f3b8f9ada4cfb47/698777d30b72e323036dce59/rtr3v865.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f3b8f9ada4cfb47/698777d30b72e323036dce59/rtr3v865.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed listen to the ruling at a court in Cairo","caption":"Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed listen to the ruling at a court in Cairo","creditText":"Asmaa Waguih—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/egypt/","name":"Egypt"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3651492/al-jazeera-journalists-retrial-egypt/","name":"An Egyptian Court Orders a Retrial For the Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists"}}]}] ```