Posted on 06/23/2014 12:21:35 PM PDT by kingattax
The Associated Press reports that 3 Al Jazeera reporters were sentenced to 7 years in prison by an Egyptian court Monday for charges related to terrorism. The basis for the government's charges was support for the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been declared a terrorist organization, and ousted president Mohammed Morsi.
Secretary of State John Kerry called the verdict and sentence "chilling":
The verdicts against Australian Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohammed came after a 5-month trial that Amnesty International described as a "sham." The group called Monday's rulings "a dark day for media freedom in Egypt."
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Wow so upsetting Kerry is upset about this. /s
let’s hope that al Jazeera employees who join the dark side are, indeed, “chilled”
Now, about journalists who join opposition against the Iranian Turkish and Chinese govts .... is kerry chilled or thrilled?
http://cpj.org/reports/2013/12/second-worst-year-on-record-for-jailed-journalists.php
we know that answer.
Can we send over some NBC and NYTimes reporters?
why stop there ?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.