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February 21, 2014

Three Al Jazeera Journalists Plead Not Guilty In Egypt 
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Three Al Jazeera journalists on trial in Egypt pleaded not guilty
Thursday to having links to the Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptian
military government has accused them of "joining, or aiding and abetting
a terrorist organization." The trio were denied bail and their trial was
adjourned until March 5. Heather Allan, the head of Al Jazeera English
news gathering, criticized Egyptian authorities for prosecuting
journalists.

Heather Allan: "We believe we will be acquitted. The lawyers are fully
on board with us, they fully believe in our case, they fully believe
that we were just operating as journalists, we don't have an agenda, we
have nothing against Egypt, we certainly don't lie or do biased
reporting. So, we believe that we are innocent."

 

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