AL JAZEERA, ANWAR IBRAHIM AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
REPORTED BY TORONTO STAR
('Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy sues employer Al Jazeera for $100M.' - Toronto Star, May 11, 2015)
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CANADIAN JOURNALIST MOHAMED FAHMY SUES EMPLOYER AL JAZEERA FOR $100M
He accuses Qatar-based news agency of operating with a bias that led to Egypt jailing him and two colleagues. Al Jazeera denies the allegation.
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CAIRO, May 11, 2015—
Mohamed Fahmy, the Canadian journalist on trial in Egypt on terror-related charges, has filed a lawsuit in Canadian court against his employer Al Jazeera for $100 million, accusing the Qatari news network of negligence and breach of contract.
In a case that sparked worldwide condemnation of Egypt’s government, Fahmy was jailed for more than 400 days with his two Al Jazeera English colleagues, Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed and Australian correspondent Peter Greste.
Egyptian prosecutors accused the three of spreading false news harmful to national security and of belonging to or aiding the Muslim Brotherhood, which authorities designated a terrorist group in December 2013, six months after Muslim Brotherhood-aligned president Mohammed Morsi, was overthrown.
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[1: CURRENT / #ICYMI: AL JAZEERA, ANWAR IBRAHIM AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD – "The military powers that be appear to believe that this latest crackdown on the Brotherhood, following the earlier outlawing of the movement, will further weaken them. In this regard, they are gravely mistaken. History has shown that people who are pushed to the ground by perverse and prolonged acts of oppression and injustice will emerge even stronger." - Anwar Ibrahim - Anwar Ibrahim Blog, March 31, 2014]
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In January, an appeals court threw out their convictions — they had been sentenced to between seven and 10 years — and ordered retrials, which are still ongoing.
At a press conference Monday in the Cairo Four Seasons hotel, Fahmy, who has been out on bail since February, accused his employer of taking actions that helped land him in jail.
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[1: CURRENT / #ICYMI: AL JAZEERA, ANWAR IBRAHIM AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD – "The fundamental liberties and human rights safeguarded under the Morsi administration are thrown the drain. Hundreds more political opponents are jailed without trial while international journalists including three from al-Jazeera, are detained without due process." - Anwar Ibrahim - Anwar Ibrahim Blog, March 31, 2014]
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Fahmy said Al Jazeera acted as “an arm of Qatar’s foreign policy” and “was not only biased towards the Muslim Brotherhood — they were sponsors of the Muslim Brotherhood.”
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[1: CURRENT / #ICYMI: AL JAZEERA, ANWAR IBRAHIM AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD – "President Morsi and law makers from the Brotherhood and other political parties were slowly but surely steering the country to new directions in the path of freedom, democracy and justice." - Anwar Ibrahim - Anwar Ibrahim Blog, March 31, 2014]
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RELATED: CONVICTION OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS – A DEATH SENTENCE ON JUSTICE
BY ANWAR IBRAHIM