VideoID: 20140623-016
M/S Andrew Greste
M/S Family members of the detained journalists hugging
SOT Andrew Greste, brother of Peter Greste (English): "Completely gutted, devastated. It's difficult to describe my emotions in words. It's just, obviously we weren't hoping for, and it was something... we were extremely surprised when he got seven years."
M/S Woman crying
M/S Family member of the one of the detained journalists crying
M/S Women crying
M/S Woman leaning the wall
W/S Crowd in front of the court
W/S Cars leaving
SCRIPT
An Egyptian court sentenced three al-Jazeera journalists to seven years of prison, in Cairo on Monday. Australian Peter Greste, ex-CNN-journalist Mohamed Fahmy and local producer Baher Mohamed were handed down the sentences are being convicted of aiding terrorists and damaging national security.
Family members and supporters outside the court, including Greste's brother Andrew, wept and cried when the news came through.
Greste, Fahmy and Mohamed have been in custody for almost six months. The three journalists were among 20 defendants in the trial, which also decreed several sentences for foreign journalists in absentia.
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