Egypt deports Al Jazeera journalists
Egyptian authorities deported three foreign Al Jazeera reporters Sunday, for using unlicensed satellite transmitters and working in Egypt without the proper permits, Al-Ahram reported.
An official at Cairo Airport told the state-owned daily that the reporters arrived under heavy security and boarded a flight to London without any of the equipment they had been using.
According to the Associated Press, Al Jazeera English correspondent Wayne Hay, cameraman Adil Bradlow, and producer Russ Finn were detained on Tuesday with an Egyptian colleague, Baher Mohamed, while covering events in Egypt.
In July the Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr office was raided and closed, and last Thursday, the Investment, Telecommunication and Information Ministries issued a statement that it had been operating without any legal permits.
In July, the prosecution released the head of the Qatari channel's Cairo bureau, Abdel Fattah Fayed, with a LE10,000 fine. The prosecution accused Fayed of running a news channel without a license and spreading information that threatens national security, but he presented documents that allegedly prove the channel is licensed.
The military-backed government has claimed Al Jazeera is biased in favor of the ousted president, Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Mohamed Morsi, an allegation the news network denies.
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