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#FreeAJStaff: world stands shoulder to shoulderT UESDAY 24 JUNE 2014

Exactly 24 hours after three Al Jazeera journalists ere jaile! in E"y#t for

terror relate! char"es$ hun!re!s of collea"ues ha%e sta"e! a silent #rotest in their

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Staff from the BBC and other news organisations held a one minute silent

protest outside New Broadcasting House in London at 9.41am, the time on

Monda that !eter "reste, an #ustralian $ournalist, Baher Mohammed, an

%g ptian producter, and Mohammed &ahm , acting Cairo 'ureau chief,were $ailed for se(en ears each.

Sue )urton , another #l *a+eera $ournalist who pre(iousl wor ed for Channel

4 News, was sentenced to 1- ears in her a'sence.

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BBC Breaking News @BBCBreakingFollowJournalists in London protest against sentencing of al-Jazeera staff in Egypt#journalismisnotacrime #Free J!taff " $% & - '" Jun '()"Protests against the sentences began last night. The Channel 4 News team taped up their

mouths, filming the results and airing them on the 7pm show, with the show's end credits led by

a taped-up on !now.

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)his morning, the newl elected %g ptian !resident #'del &attah al Sisi

dashed hopes that the three could 'e released under a pardon.

/0e will not interfere in $udicial rulings,/ he said in a tele(ised speech at a

militar graduation ceremon in Cairo. /0e must respect $udicial rulings and

not criticise them e(en if others do not understand this./

ights groups and western go(ernments ha(e rounded on %g pt for $ailing

the three. )he were sentenced for aiding a /terrorist organisation/

stemming from an inter(iew with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

)heir $ailing comes against a 'ac drop of ongoing concerns o(er human

rights in %g pt. #t the wee end, a court in Cairo upheld death sentences

against 123 supporters of the ousted Muslim Brotherhood.

n #pril, a $udge in Min a in southern %g pt sentenced 1,5-- people to

death in two separate cases on charges that included storming police

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stations and illing at least two police officers.

Rachel Thompson @raeont*eroadFollowBBC Beirut in a rare moment of silence+ #Free J!taff #journalismisnotacrime +@carinetor,ey @juliamacfarlane

'. & - '" Jun '()"Today, staff from "roadcasting #ouse were $oined by representati%es from &l a eera and !(y,

among others. )any appeared with blac( tape o%er their mouths to represent the *gagging*

aspect of the %erdicts. They also carried signs bearing the slogan+ * ree& !taff*.

*ohn Sweene , a reporter with the BBC6s !anorama , said that alt'ough he

does not thin the protest /will reall achie(e much/, it was an opportunit

for $ournalists to ta e a stand. He appealed to mem'ers of the pu'lic /not to

go on holida to %g pt, there are lots of other sunn places the could go

to/.

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Maria Hadjiconstanti @&aria/adjiFollow

l Jazeera London staff tape t*eir mout*s in support of our jailed colleagues+#Free J!taff #journalismisnotacrime 0 )1 & - '" Jun '()"Protests were also held by staff at the !ydney )orning #erald in &ustralia.

Marcus Strom @strom2mFollow3oday @sm* journos stopwork4gt5 6e stand united for @7eter8reste @repent)) and all #Free Jstaff #journalismisnotacrime ' "' & - '" Jun '()"

n the /!, the New 0or( Times left its bac( page blan( as a powerful message about the

%erdicts.

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Tom Forbes @tomfor,es 'Follow

powerful message on t*e ,ack page of today9s :ew ;ork 3imes+ @7eter8reste #Free J!taff )) '0 & - '' Jun '()"

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