A screenshot of Aljazeera channel showing anti-government protests in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria on Aug. 30, 2013
September 01, 2013
CAIRO
— Egypt deported three Al Jazeera journalists on Sunday, days after the
Qatari-owned channel carried appeals from leaders of ousted President
Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood to stage protests against the
army-backed government.The Gulf emirate was a strong financial backer of Brotherhood rule and vehemently opposes the army's overthrow of Morsi and the ensuing bloody crackdown on his movement.
Al Jazeera's offices in Cairo have been closed since July 3, when they were raided by security forces hours after Morsi was toppled, although the channel, broadcast from Qatar, can still be seen in Egypt.
Security officials at Cairo airport, declining to be named, said Wayne Hay, Adil Bradlow and Russ Finn had been put on an Egyptian plane headed for London, after being forced to leave their equipment behind.
The men had been held since Tuesday. An Al Jazeera spokesman said they had been released and left Egypt without being given a reason for their detention.
The station also said that Shihab Elddin Shaarawi, an executive producer for Al Jazeera's Egyptian channel, had been arrested on Friday morning but later released.
The channel's cameraman Mohamed Badr was detained a month ago and Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Abdullah al-Shami was arrested on Aug. 14.
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Four Al-Jazeera journalists arrested in Cairo
Qatar-based news network says it is victim of campaign after Mubasher Misr affiliate was raided and staff detained
- theguardian.com, Thursday 29 August 2013 14.44 EDT
Al-Jazeera
says that the authorities have been arresting perceived critics of the
government. Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images
Correspondent Wayne Hay, cameraman Adil Bradlow and producers Russ Finn and Baher Mohammed were detained on Tuesday, the network said on Thursday, calling the arrests "a campaign against al-Jazeera in particular".
The detentions come after the network's al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr affiliate in Egypt was raided and its staff detained. Egyptian authorities have labelled al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr a "threat to national security" and are taking steps to ban it.
Egypt's interim government has claimed al-Jazeera is biased in favour of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi – an allegation the news network denies.
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