Egypt - Journalists Trial Resumes

Attacks on any one who questions the action of Egypt’s military backed government is unfortunately continuing. Notably the trial of the three Al Jazeera journalists arrested in Cairo in December 2013, resumes today. They are Peter Greste an Australian national, al-Jazeera's Egyptian-Canadian Cairo bureau chief Mohamed Adel Fahmy and a local Egyptian producer, Baher Mohamed.

They are accused of having aided the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood organisation, which Egyptian authorities banned and declared a terrorist group last December.

In addition, 5 Egyptian students were also arrested and face prosecution in the same trial.To find out more go to the Amnesty International briefing.