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May 6, 2014

‘Imagine what would happen if we stopped working with courage’ – jailed Al Jazeera journalist sends letter to world’s media

By Dominic Ponsford

After four months behind bars one of three Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt has issued a moving letter addressed to the world’s press.

Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste remain behind bars for no other reason (apparently) than they were doing their jobs.

So far the Egyptian authorities appear to be impervious to international outrage and the fact that Al Jazeera has sued them for £150m.

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