Peter Greste

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Charge:	Slander about government or officials (incld. false and biased pubic statements)
Sentence:	7 years
Years Imprisoned:	1.17
Year Crime:	2013
Year Convicted:	2015
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Egypt
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City of Crime:	Cairo
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy, and Baher Mohammed were codefendants wrongly convicted in August 2015 in Cairo, Egypt of being involved in the broadcasting on Al-Jazeera in 2013 what was described as “false news” and biased coverage against the Egyptian government following the 2013 military ousting of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. Greste was convicted in absentia since he had been deported in February 2015 to his native Australia. The three were sentenced to three years in prison. Their 2015 convictions were the result of their retrial. Following their arrests in December 2013, the three were convicted on June 23 2014 of being members in the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, with Greste and Fahmy sentenced to seven years in prison and Mohammed to 10 years. Egypt’s Court of Cassation, the country’s highest appeals court, reversed the convictions on the basis the journalists rights were violated during their trial, and a retrial was ordered. On September 23, 2015 Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi pardoned Greste, Fahmy, and Mohammed (also pardoned were about 100 people convicted for illegally publicly protesting the ousting of Morsi.). Fahmy and Mohammed were released in Cairo on Sept. 23 after the pardons were announced. Although there was some confusion at first whether the pardon applied to Greste, it was later clarified by the government that he was also pardoned."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On September 23, 2015 Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi pardoned Greste, Fahmy, and Mohammed. Greste had been deported to his native Australia in February 2015, and Fahmy and Mohammed were released in Cairo on Sept. 23 after the pardons were announced."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Amal Clooney 'absolutely delighted' as Al-Jazeera journalists pardoned, By Staff, www.breakingnews.ie, September 23, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/amal-clooney-absolutely-delighted-as-al-jazeera-journalists-pardoned-697368.html
Information Source 2:	"Egypt releases Al Jazeera journalists Fahmy and Mohamed, By Staff, BBC News, September 23, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34337595
Information Source 3:	"IPI Welcomes Egypt Pardon of Al Jazeera Journalists, By IPI Contributor Rebecca Hetzer (IPI Staff), International Press Institute (Vienna), September 23, 2015"
Information Location 3:	http://allafrica.com/stories/201509240440.html
Information Source 4:	"Egyptian activists 'happy 100 pardoned are free but demand more', By Staff, Ahram Online, September 24, 2015"
Information Location 4:	http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/143303/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-activists-happy--pardoned-are-free-but-de.aspx
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Peter Greste

Charge:

Slander about government or officials (incld. false and biased pubic statements)

Sentence:

7 years

Years Imprisoned:

1.17

Year Crime:

2013

Year Convicted:

2015

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Egypt

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Cairo

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On September 23, 2015 Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi pardoned Greste, Fahmy, and Mohammed. Greste had been deported to his native Australia in February 2015, and Fahmy and Mohammed were released in Cairo on Sept. 23 after the pardons were announced."

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Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Amal Clooney 'absolutely delighted' as Al-Jazeera journalists pardoned, By Staff, www.breakingnews.ie, September 23, 2015"

Information Location 1:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/amal-clooney-absolutely-delighted-as-al-jazeera-journalists-pardoned-697368.html

Information Source 2:

"Egypt releases Al Jazeera journalists Fahmy and Mohamed, By Staff, BBC News, September 23, 2015"

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34337595

Information Source 3:

"IPI Welcomes Egypt Pardon of Al Jazeera Journalists, By IPI Contributor Rebecca Hetzer (IPI Staff), International Press Institute (Vienna), September 23, 2015"

Information Location 3:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201509240440.html

Information Source 4:

"Egyptian activists 'happy 100 pardoned are free but demand more', By Staff, Ahram Online, September 24, 2015"

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http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/143303/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-activists-happy--pardoned-are-free-but-de.aspx

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