Egypt Court orders release of 2 Al Jazeera Journalists

At the opening of a retrial for two Al Jazeera journalists, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, illegally detained for more than a year, a court in Egypt ordered that they be released on bail.

Both journalists an their colleague, Peter Greste (who was recently released) were accused of aiding the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Al Jazeera journalists' set for retrial as Egypt court grants appeal

Egypt's apex court has accepted an appeal for the retrial of three Al Jazeera journalists who were convicted in June for supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood, lawyers to the journalists confirmed on Thursday.

UN condemns attack on journalists in Egypt

The United Nations has condemned the "increasingly severe clampdown and physical attacks" on journalists by Egyptian authorities, with particular reference to three Al Jazeera reporters held for more than a month.