7 Aug 2014
Mike Greste - The brother of Al Jazerra Journalist Peter Greste
Today marks 221 days since Australian journalist Peter Greste - Nine to Noon's former Africa correspondent was jailed in Egypt along with two colleagues also working for Al Jazeera, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy. The trio were accused and convicted of spreading false news and of supporting the ousted Muslim Brotherhood and sentenced to seven years in prison. Mike Greste and his family have been working towards lodging an appeal with Egypt's highest court.