Australian Peter Greste and Mohamed Fahmy

Mohamed Fahmy: The request by Mohamed Fahmy, and his Al-Jazeera English co-workers, Australian Peter Greste and Baher Mohammed, came during a hearing in the trial, which marks the first time journalists have been charged with terrorism-related offences in Egypt. Q: Journalists like Mohamed Fahmy face uncertain future , according to CBC. Their families and their employer say they were just doing their job as journalists. An Egyptian-Canadian journalist on trial in Cairo directly asked a judge on Monday to release him, insisting the terrorism charges against him are unfounded. The charges against the three and 17 others are based on the Egyptian authorities' accusations that they provided a platform to the Muslim Brotherhood group of ousted president Mohammed Morsi, which the government has declared a terrorist organization. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.