Home at last: Freed Australian reporter Greste arrives in Brisbane

Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste arrived home in Australia on Thursday after his release from Egypt where he was detained for more than 400 days. Greste, 49, had a private family reunion after disembarking from his flight before walking out to meet supporters and give a brief statement to the media. The award-winning correspondent was on Sunday deported to Cyprus from Cairo, where he was being held for allegedly aiding the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood. Mr Greste is due to hold a press conference later Thursday with his mother Lois, father Juris and brothers Andrew and Mike.

I think that Egypt now has an opportunity to show that justice doesn’t depend on your nationality.

Peter Greste, addressing reporters at Brisbane Airport

Greste’s colleagues, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed, remain in prison. They were jailed for between seven and 10 years on charges including spreading lies to help a terrorist organisation – a reference to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Mr Fahmy has renounced his Egyptian citizenship in an effort to secure his freedom under a law that allows foreigners to be deported.

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