Press Freedom – The Price of Balance

In Egypt, the crackdown against press freedom has gripped the attention of the whole world. Canadian Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, Australian producer Peter Greste, and Egyptian cameraman Baher Mohamed are three Al Jazeera journalists. They have been detained since December 29th last year. And are charged with “harming the general interests of the country” and aiding the Muslim Brotherhood, considered a terrorist organisation by the Egyptian junta. But as Greste, an award-winning foreign correspondent, wrote from his cell: “How do you accurately and fairly report on Egypt’s ongoing political struggle without talking to everyone involved?” Follow the case on Twitter #freeAJstaff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.