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Al Jazeera English: Mohamed Fahmy was working for satellite news broadcaster Al Jazeera English when he was arrested along with two colleagues at the end of December, according to 660 News. Fahmy is now set to go before an Egyptian court on Thursday as part of a group of 20 individuals who local authorities say worked for the Al Jazeera network. At least twelve of those are being tried in abstentia and The family of an Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned in Cairo is hoping the ridiculous charges he is facing will be dropped when his trial starts this week. After languishing for weeks in a dank, cramped cell at a notorious prison, he was charged last month with several offences, including being a member of a terrorist group allegations his family and his employer have vehemently decried. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.