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		</div><p>An Egyptian court has sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison, the last twist in a long-running trial criticised worldwide by press freedom advocates.</p>
<p>The case against Canadian national Mohammed Fahmy, Australian journalist Peter Greste and Egyptian producer Baher Mohammed embroiled their journalism into the wider conflict between Egypt and Qatar following the 2013 military ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.</p>
<p>The case began in December 2013 when Egyptian security forces raided the hotel suite used by Al-Jazeera at the time to report from Egypt.</p>
<p>Authorities arrested Mr Fahmy, Mr Greste and Mr Mohammed, later charging them with allegedly being part of Mr Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, which authorities have declared a terrorist organisation, and airing falsified footage intended to damage national security.</p>
<p>Since Mr Morsi’s ouster, Egypt has cracked down heavily on his supporters and the journalists were accused of being mouthpieces for the Brotherhood.</p>
<p>Al-Jazeera and the journalists have denied the allegations, saying they were simply reporting the news.<br />
At trial, prosecutors used news clips about an animal hospital with donkeys and horses, and another about Christian life in Egypt, as evidence they broke the law.</p>
<p>Defence lawyers – and even the judge – dismissed the videos as irrelevant.<br />
Nonetheless, the three men were convicted on June 23, 2014, with Mr Greste and Mr Fahmy sentenced to seven years in prison and Mr Mohammed to 10 years.<br />
The verdict brought a landslide of international condemnation and calls for newly-elected President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who as military chief led the overthrow of Mr Morsi, to intervene.<br />
Egypt’s Court of Cassation, the country’s highest appeals court, later ordered their retrial, saying the initial proceedings were marred by violations of the defendants’ rights.<br />
Egypt deported Mr Greste in February, though he remained charged in the case. Mr Fahmy and Mr Mohammed were later released on bail.</p>
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