OPINION

Fahmy says al-Jazeera aids terrorists

News, Eli Lake, Published on 26/06/2017

» Mohamed Fahmy is the last person one would expect to make a case against al-Jazeera. In 2014, the former Cairo bureau chief for the Qatar-funded television network began a 438-day sentence in an Egyptian prison on terrorism charges and practising unlicensed journalism. His incarceration made al-Jazeera a powerful symbol of resistance to Egypt's military dictatorship.