Peter Greste

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At the Peabody Awards ceremony , Waldorf Astoria , May 2012

Peter Greste (* 1965 in Sydney ) is a Latvian - Australian war correspondent , documentary filmmaker , journalist and publicist .

Life

Greste's ancestors are Latvians, his parents are Juris and Lois Greste. He is a dual citizen of Australia and Latvia, has lived in Nairobi since 2009 and has been married to wildlife biologist Paula Kahumbu since 2010.

Since 1995 Greste has been reporting on the world's trouble spots, first of the war in Afghanistan , then of the Kosovo war , from 2001 again from Afghanistan , finally of the Chiapas conflict in Mexico , of the Middle East conflict , of various African states and finally of the Arab Spring and its aftermath. His BBC documentary Somalia: Land of Anarchy (2011) won the prestigious Peabody Award .

On December 29, 2013, Greste, Al Jazeera Cairo office manager Mohammed Fahmy, and producer Baher Mohammed were arrested on allegations that they had spread false news "to undermine the national security of Egypt ". On June 23, 2014, the three foreign correspondents were sentenced to seven and ten years in prison, respectively. “The judgment met with sharp international criticism.” On January 1, 2015, the Cairo Court of Cassation granted an appeal, but did not lift the defendants' detention. After 400 days of imprisonment, Egypt returned Greste to his native Australia on February 1. Greste should serve the remainder of his seven-year sentence in Australia, said a representative from the Egyptian Interior Ministry. The fate of his colleagues Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed, who were later pardoned, remained uncertain at first.

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International observers saw the detention of the three journalists in Egypt against the background of the dispute between the Egyptian government and the Emirate of Qatar , which owns Al Jazeera . Karim Al-Gawahry wrote in the daily newspaper after Peter Greste's deportation : “The whole thing also leaves a bitter taste, because journalists here were in reality a bargaining chip in a dispute between the Egyptian government and the Emirate of Qatar, which owns the Al Jazeera television channel. As soon as the political weather situation improves between the two, the bargaining chip is given up. Imprisoned journalists as a bargaining chip? You can hardly be more cynical about freedom of the press and people. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ UN urges Egypt to release foreign journalists, including Peter Greste . In: The guardian , February 1, 2014. 
  2. ↑ a b Ojārs Greste: Austrālijas latvietis iesakņojies Āfrikā ( Latvian ) In: Laikraksts Latvietis . 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ Peter Greste calls on Tony Abbott to speak out for imprisoned journalists . In: The Guardian , March 5, 2014. 
  4. ↑ Der Standard : Worldwide on research for the social cause (head of the day), January 2, 2015, 24.
  5. ↑ Der Standard : Egypt: Trial against Al-Jazeera reporters will be reopened , January 2, 2015, April 3
  6. ^ Taz: Journalists as bargaining chip . http://taz.de/Kommentar-Pressefreiheit-Aeggypt/!153949/
personal data
SURNAME Greste, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian-Australian war correspondent, documentary filmmaker, journalist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney