Egyptian court

Egypt summoned the British ambassador to reject as "unacceptable interference" comments he made on an Egyptian court's decision to hand down prison sentences for three Al Jazeera journalists, state media said on Aug. 30.

Many western countries voiced swift disapproval after an Egyptian court on Aug. 29 handed down three-year prison sentences to three Al-Jazeera reporters whom they have long demanded be released.

An Egyptian court sentenced three Al-Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison on Aug.29 for operating without a press license and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt, a case that has stirred an international outcry. 

An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and other prominent Brotherhood figures to life in prison on Aug. 22 over an attack on a police station in 2013, judicial sources said, part of a sustained crackdown on the group.
   

An Egyptian court on August 2 postponed for a second time its verdict in the retrial of three Al Jazeera journalists, rescheduling it for August 29 in a move the defendants called an insult.

An Egyptian court postponed on July 30 its verdict in the retrial of three Al-Jazeera journalists accused of supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood, in a case that has sparked a global outcry.

Al Jazeera TV journalist Ahmed Mansour, who was released June 22 after being arrested in Germany, has thanked Turkey?s president and prime minister for their support during his detention in Berlin.

Germany released on June 22 Al-Jazeera correspondent Ahmed Mansour who was arrested on the weekend at the request of his native Egypt, the Doha-based channel said.

The German government on June 22 played down the chances of a prominent Al Jazeera journalist held in Berlin since the weekend being extradited to Egypt, citing concerns about the Egyptian legal process.

Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour said he was arrested June 20 at a Berlin airport, after Germany acted on an international arrest warrant issued by his native country Egypt.