breakingnews:Egypt’s president wishes journalists weren’t triedAP: Egypt President Abdel-Fattah el-S
breakingnews:Egypt’s president wishes journalists weren’t triedAP: Egypt President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said the sentences handed down to three Al Jazeera journalists had a “very negative” impact on the country’s reputation and he wished they were never put on trial. However, in his comments to editors of Egyptian media outlets, el-Sissi stopped short of saying whether he will issue a clemency.Follow this story on Breaking News.Photo: This combination of three 2014 file photos shows from left, Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, Al-Jazeera’s Australian correspondent Peter Greste, and Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed at a court room during their trial in Cairo, Egypt.(Ahmed Abd El Latif, Hamada Elrasam / AP Photo) -- source link