--- title: Egyptian Court Orders Retrial For Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists description: Mohamed Famy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste have been in prison for over a year, convicted of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood canonical: https://time.com/3651492/al-jazeera-journalists-retrial-egypt/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-01T10:12:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:02:24.889Z article:section: World og:title: Retrial For Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists og:description: Egyptian court cancels the trio's jail sentences og:url: https://time.com/3651492/al-jazeera-journalists-retrial-egypt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f3b8f9ada4cfb47/698777d30b72e323036dce59/rtr3v865.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3400 og:image:height: 1913 og:image:alt: Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed listen to the ruling at a court in Cairo og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Retrial For Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists twitter:description: Egyptian court cancels the trio's jail sentences twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f3b8f9ada4cfb47/698777d30b72e323036dce59/rtr3v865.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # An Egyptian Court Orders a Retrial For the Jailed Al Jazeera Journalists > Sponsored content. 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Egypt’s highest court ordered a retrial for three imprisoned Al Jazeera journalists. The journalists’ attorneys said even prosecutors acknowledged flaws in the case that landed each of them sentences of at least seven years in prison._ by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Jan 1, 2015 10:12 AM UTC Egypt’s highest court ordered a retrial for three imprisoned Al Jazeera journalists. The journalists’ attorneys said even prosecutors acknowledged flaws in the case that landed each of them sentences of at least seven years in prison. by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Jan 1, 2015 10:12 AM UTC 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)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. \[[_Al Jazeera_](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2015/01/egypt-court-orders-retrial-al-jazeera-case-2015117147966181.html)\] ## Transcript A step toward freedom, if not the step family and co- workers of three imprisoned Al Jazeera journalists were hoping for. Egypt's highest court ordered a retrial of Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, Thursday. This is file video of the three in court, since journalists on scene, say, they weren't allowed into the courtroom for this latest appeal until it was already finished. The three were arrested in December, 2013, and accused of aiding the now [ UNKNOWN ]. Banned organization Muslim Brotherhood in spreading false news, something the journalist and Al- Jazeera have vehemently denied. The BBC now reports their retrial is expected to begin within a month. Throughout it's employees time behind bars, Al Jazeera has released promos with the hashtag Free AJ Staff and the slogan journalism is not a crime. Just Monday the network recorded another minute long clip from it's studio set with the journalists co- workers silent and holding signs calling for their release. He always tells me that prison bars will never prevent him from fighting for his release. He's not only fighting for his freedom now, he's fighting for the. For the freedom of expression [ NOISE ] The arrest also came during a widespread violent and much criticized crackdown on the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt. The country sent sentenced hundred at the time to death for the alleged relationship. With what Egypt calls a terrorist organization. Al Jazeera; s news director appeared on BBC on Thursday morning saying the Egypt's handing of this case has not affected how the networks journalists does their job in the region. If we do that then you can say goodbye to journalism. No, it didn't and it shouldn't. We have conducted ourselves by the book in Egypt and in Syria and in Libia. And in Somalia. 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