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Fahmy
Jazeera reporter forced to renounce Egypt citizenship in bid for release
Jailed Al-Jazeera reporter Mohamed Fahmy, an Egyptian-Canadian national, has renounced his Egyptian citizenship, his family said on Tuesday, paving the...
Detained Al Jazeera journalist Fahmy’s release is “imminent”: Canada
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird told CBC on Monday that the release of Mohamed Fahmy, an Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned for more than a year...
Fahmy gives up Egyptian passport for freedom; Baird says release is ‘imminent’
The fiancee of an Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned for more than a year in Cairo says he has relinquished his Egyptian citizenship. She says Egyptian...
'Demoralized': Canadian journo convicted in Egypt in 'terrible state of mind'
Mohamed Fahmy is now made to wear the navy blue prison uniform that marks those convicted by Egyptian courts.
Caged: ‘Shock and dismay’ as Al-Jazeera trio jailed for seven years in Egypt
Three Al-Jazeera journalists have each been jailed for seven years in Egypt after being found guilty of aiding terrorism.
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