07 August 2014
A letter to the Egyptian Ambassador condemning the decision of the Egyptian courts to sentence Peter Greste and his two fellow Al Jazeera journalists to seven years in prison for, inter alia, spreading false news, has been signed by an unprecedented 180 barristers, including 32 silks. The Bar Council Human Rights Committee has also backed the letter. Greste and his colleague, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy received seven years. Baher Mohamed, the producer, received 10 years. Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said he will pardon some prisoners but not these three.
