25/01/2014
Peter Greste: Egypt detention is 'attack on press freedom'
An Australian journalist, who is being held in an Egyptian jail with two colleagues, says their detention is an quot;attack on freedom of speechquot;. quot;We have not been formally charged, much less convicted of any crime,quot; Peter Greste wrote in a letter. The Al-Jazeera journalists were arrested on 30 December in Cairo for allegedly holding illegal meetings with the banned Muslim Brotherhood. The Islamist group is facing a crackdown by the army-led government. Continue reading the main story ldquo;Start Quote The prisons are overflowing with anyone who opposes or challenges the...
