Greste urges Egypt to free colleagues in first interview since release
Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste has urged the Egypt Government to free his colleagues in his first interview since his release yesterday.
In the interview with Al Jazeera Greste reveals his mixture of relief at being freed, and his anguish that two of his colleagues, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy, remain imprisoned in Egypt.
“I can’t tell you how relieved I am at being free, I really didn’t expect (it); we were settling in for a period of months in prison for the retrial so to be out now today with just a few minutes notice is just extraordinary,” he said in the interview with Al Jazeera.
Great news, and welcome home Peter. I hope your colleagues can make it home too.
But there are still 200 plus journalist across the world still in jail today, and figures are at there highest since the 90s. We need to get their freedom back too.