Egypt Court frees two Al Jazeera journalists on bail Thursday Feb 12,2015

A court in Egypt has ordered the release on bail of two Al Jazeera journalists being retried for allegedly aiding the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were imprisoned in June 2014 along with their Australian colleague, Peter Greste.
But their convictions for spreading false news to help a terrorist group were overturned on appeal last month.
Peter Greste was freed last week under a law allowing the deportation of foreign nationals to their home countries.
Mohamed Fahmy has given up his Egyptian citizenship to qualify for deportation to Canada, but Baher Mohamed has no foreign passport.
The journalists strenuously deny collaborating with the banned Muslim Brotherhood after the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi by the military in 2013. They say they were jailed simply for reporting the news

Mohamed Fahmy - his arm in a sling because of an injury he suffered before his arrest in December 2013 - was later allowed out of the dock to address the court.
"A security official visited me and asked I drop my citizenship because the state wanted to get this case done with, it had become a nightmare," he said before unfurling an Egyptian flag.

After a brief recess, Judge Hassan Farid adjourned proceedings until 23 February and ordered that the two men be released, along with 11 other defendants - most of them students - charged with involvement with a terrorist group.
He set bail for Mohamed Fahmy at 250,000 Egyptian pounds ($33,000; £22,000), while Baher Mohamed was freed without bail.



Timeline of Journalists Detendtion

• 29 December 2013: Peter Greste and Mohamed Fahmy arrested in police raid on Cairo's Marriott Hotel. Baher Mohamed later arrested at home
• 29 January 2014: 20 people including the three journalists referred to trial, charged with spreading false news, belonging to a terrorist organisation and operating without a permit
• 22 February: First court appearance of the three journalists
• 23 June: Defendants sentenced to seven years, with Baher Mohamed receiving an additional three years
• 12 November: President Sisi signs decree allowing repatriation of foreign prisoners
• 1 January 2015: Highest court orders retrial, but the three journalists not allowed bail
• 1 February 2015: Peter Greste freed and deported, his two colleagues remain behind bars
• 12 February 2015: At the start of their retrial, the judge orders the release on bail of Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed.