There were conflicted reports over the date of postponement as Al-Jazeera journalists and reporters were denied entry to the court.
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‘For all of us, we can’t move on until we end up with this verdict, ‘ he said.
A verdict is expected overnight for a Canadian journalist on trial in Egypt on widely-denounced terror charges.
Fahmy and his Egyptian producer Mohamed were freed on bail earlier this year, having spent more than 400 days in detention.
Al Jazeera Media Network’s spokesperson expressed their anger over the matter.
The trio was put on trial and initially sentenced to prison in June 2014.
An Egyptian criminal court postponed its ruling on three journalists who worked for the Qatari news network.
“This is an incredibly frustrating development”, Greste said.
He said he was standing outside court with the press corps when they were told to leave the area.
“I know that I am innocent, my team is innocent and that me, Baher and Peter and everyone in the office has produced flawless reporting”, Fahmy told Fairfax Media.
Journalist Peter Greste with his parents Lois and Juris Greste in March this year.
Fahmy gave up his dual Egyptian citizenship while behind bars in the hopes that he could follow the same path, but that didn’t happen. He was immediately deported as per a presidential decree, which allows the deportation of foreign defendants and convicts “whenever the [state’s] supreme interest necessitate so”. “I want to pick up the pieces and continue with my career”.
Saeed believes the Australian journalist can attend the session.
Greste is being retried in absentia.
The court in Cairo might discover all three responsible however launch them with time served. It could impose a similar sentence as the last judge (seven years for Greste and Fahmy and 10 for Mohamed) and it could also impose a fine on al-Jazeera English for its licence violations.
Saeed said the court was supposed to send the bullet casing to the laboratory to determine its nature yet it never did.
July 3: The offices of al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr, the local Egyptian channel, are raided by Egyptian security police.
“We are outraged that the verdict has been adjourned as today was meant to be the final court hearing for our colleagues”. He added, “No clue what is happening, and it makes Egypt looks bad”.
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“It was a very hard week waiting for the verdict”.
