Mohammed Fahmy
Mohammed Fadel Fahmy (born April 27, 1974 ) is an Egyptian-Canadian journalist.
He worked with Peter Greste and Baher Mohammed for the Arabic-language television channel Al-Jazeera and was arrested in Cairo in late 2013 . Like his colleagues, he is said to have supported the Muslim Brotherhood , which was banned in Egypt .
Fahmy, like his colleagues, was indicted in Egypt. According to the indictment, the three reporters worked in secret and without accreditation . A court sentenced her to prison in June 2014. Fahmy got seven years in prison, Peter Greste got seven and Baher Mohammed got ten years.
According to the decree issued by Egypt's head of state Abd al-Fattah as-Sisi in November 2014 , foreigners convicted in the country can be expelled to their homeland. This regulation, it was speculated, could be applied to Greste and possibly also to Fahmy.
In September 2015, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed were pardoned.
Web links
- A "l Jazeera trial: Egypt court frees journalists on bail" (BBC, February 12, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Astrid Frefel: Controversial judgment in Egypt: Seven years in prison for three Al-Jazeera journalists. Der Tagesspiegel online, June 23, 2014
- ↑ https://www.amnesty.org.uk/egypt-frees-al-jazeera-staff-mohammed-fahmy-baher-mohamed-prison-journalism
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fahmy, Mohammed |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fahmy, Mohammed Fadel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian-Canadian journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1974 |