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#FreeAJstaff: One year on

A year after Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were detained, journalists around the world stage protests.

The arrests of Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed on December 29, 2013 sparked international outrage.
By Al Jazeera
Published On 31 Dec 2014

From London and Sydney to San Francisco and Sarajevo, journalists around the world have stopped work and called on Egypt’s government to set free three Al Jazeera staff detained in Cairo last year.

It was a year ago on Monday that Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were arrested and imprisoned on false charges.

The #FreeAJStaff hashtag has been taken up by journalists and members of the public all over the world.
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Journalists and supporters demonstrate outside the Egyptian embassy as they call for the release of fellow reporters on December 29, 2014 in London, England.
Some protesters wore masks showing Egypt(***)s President Sisi, who has said he will not interfere with the judicial process in order to pardon the journalists.
Dutch journalist Rena Netjes takes part in a protest, on December 29, 2014 in front of Egypt embassy in The Hague, to call for the release of three journalists of al Jazeera jailed since December 29, 2013.
Staff at Al Jazeera Balkans pause to mark one year since their colleagues were detained.
Peter Greste and Mohamed Fahmy were both sentences to seven years. Baher Mohamed was sentenced to ten years. 
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Writing from prison, Peter Greste said "[We] have created a huge global awareness of not just our cause, but [also] of press freedom."
On Thursday, an appeal for the three jailed journalists will be heard at Egypt’s Court of Cassation.