are journalist allowed in egypt
Media captionPeter Greste (L), Mohamed Fahmy (C) and Baher Mohamed (R) were accused of aiding a terrorist group. The case of the three al-Jazeera journalists given seven-year prison sentences in June 2014 on terrorism-related charges became a major controversy for the Egyptian government. Australian al-Jazeera English reporter Peter Greste was allowed to leave Egypt for Australia on 1 February, after more than 400 days in prison.