Judge rejects video evidence in Egypt's Al Jazeera case

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http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-egypt-al-jazeera-trial-20140410,0,4299010.story



Australian journalist Peter Greste, right, and co-defendants stand in front of the judge's bench in Cairo on March 31 during their trial for allegedly supporting a terrorist group and spreading false information.

Judge rejects video evidence in Egypt's Al Jazeera case
By Amro Hassan
April 10, 2014, 8:47 a.m.

CAIRO – Video evidence submitted Thursday by Egyptian prosecutors at the trial for Al Jazeera journalists on terrorism-related charges left the defendants and their lawyers baffled and was rejected by the judge.

Australian correspondent Peter Greste, Egyptian Canadian bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed are accused of “fabricating news” regarding the Muslim Brotherhood, which Egypt has branded a terrorist organization.

The videos proffered as evidence against them included a documentary about Somalia made by Greste for the BBC, a recording of a news conference by a Kenyan official and a report produced by Mohamed’s brother for another network about the effects of Egypt's political crisis on the tourism trade. The judge deemed the footage irrelevant to the case.

Greste and other defendants, in the caged defendants’ dock, were bemused.