Journalists Hold Global Day Of Protest Over Al-Jazeera Staff Held In Egypt

Media organisations around the world have taken part in a day of protest against the detention of Al-Jazeera staff in Egypt.

 The international day of action was sparked by the imprisonment of three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt: Peter Greste, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed.
Two other al-Jazeera reporters, Abdullah Al-Shami and Mohammed Badr, have also been detained in Egypt since last year. Greste, Fahmy and Mohamed will now stand trial accused of conspiring to tarnish Egypt’s international reputation.

Protesters gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square and in other cities around the world including Beirut, Cairo and Berlin to voice their concern. They also tweeted their support by using the #FreeAJStaff hashtag.

Seriously, how awesome is this... AJE Doha grinds to a halt, in solidarity with our jailed colleagues #FreeAJStaff pic.twitter.com/mNeaNeMC73
— Kamahl Santamaria (@KamahlAJE) February 27, 2014

Al-Jazeera organised a “thunderclap” on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr for 2pm GMT in which web users were encouraged to publish a picture of themselves with a sign reading “#FreeAJStaff”.

According to its website, this reached more than 3 million people around the world.


Source- Guardian