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1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 min. 5 sec.) ; 175176946 bytes |
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"So our arrest is not a mistake, and as a journalist this IS my battle. I can no longer pretend it'll go away by keeping quiet and crossing my fingers." - Peter Greste's first letter from prison. For the first time, journalist Peter Greste reports his own story: the fabricated terrorism charges, his 400 days in Egyptian jails, and the long hard fight for freedom of speech.For foreign correspondent Peter Greste, it was meant to be a routine assignment - a three week stint covering political unrest in Cairo. It spiralled into a 400 day prison ordeal, with Greste and two Al Jazeera colleagues accused of helping terrorists and spreading "false news".The Al Jazeera case was internationally derided and condemned as a gross miscarriage of justice - "chilling, draconian... deeply disturbing," in the words of the US Secretary of State.It's been six months since Greste was deported from jail in Egypt - and 18 months since he reported a story. But now he's finally back on the job. In a two part Foreign Correspondent special, Greste tells of his own extraordinary journey: from the mind numbing captivity of a Cairo hell-hole to the blast of freedom on a windswept Queensland beach."I sat down on the floor and I just remember bursting into tears, tears running down my face." - Greste after the Cairo court sentenced him to seven years in jailGreste tells how he and his colleagues fought to keep their spirits alive - making murals from scrap tin foil, scribbling long letters on toilet paper to be smuggled out to loved ones; and always dreaming of release."I want that moment of explosive joy, of happiness, of a crowd... because after all of this time you want it to end with a big bang." - Greste heading home"I sometimes understate things but I daresay 'Welcome home' would not be out of place." - Greste's father Juris on the homecomingPeter Greste's parents and brothers reveal their torment during his incarceration - and their joy and relief on news of his deportation. His Al Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed - who are both free on bail - also describe their time in captivity. Their re-trial is heading towards its climax. The verdict - which could see Greste sentenced in absentia and Fahmy and Baher thrown back into prison - is due on Thursday July 30 |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-07-28 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Journalists -- Attitudes.
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Prison sentences.
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Protest movements.
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Searches and seizures.
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Trials (Terrorism)
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Egypt -- Cairo.
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Queensland -- Sunshine Coast.
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Streaming video
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Greste, Peter, reporter
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Adow, Mohamed, contributor
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Bishop, Julie, contributor
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Bossiouni, Wafa Abdel Hamid, contributor
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Fahmy, Adel, contributor
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Flynn, Chris, contributor
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Greste, Andrew, contributor
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Greste, Juris, contributor
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Greste, Lois, contributor
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Greste, Mike, contributor
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Mohamed, Baher, contributor
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Mohamed, Fahmy, contributor
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Omara, Marwa, contributor
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