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Jailed Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste wins major Australian Press Prize

Jailed Al Jazeera correspondent Peter Greste was awarded the second highest journalism prize in Australia last night, winning the Walkley award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. Angelique Lu writes.

by WAN-IFRA Staff executivenews@wan-ifra.org | December 4, 2014

Peter Greste, as well as his Al Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, are currently serving time in an Egyptian jail on terrorism charges.

Greste and Fahmy were sentenced to seven years in prison earlier this year, while Mohamed is serving an additional three years for having a spent bullet in his possession, which he had picked up at a protest.

Walkley Foundation

@walkleys

Peter Greste: the 2014 Recipient for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. He is currently in a Cairo prison cell.

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Peter Greste’s brother Andrew accepted the award on his behalf, saying “stay strong brother, let’s get you home for Christmas.”

Mark Scott

@mscott

Andrew Greste reads a letter from his brother, Peter, to the crowd at the

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Tributes flooded Twitter following the announcement:

Meri Fatin@MeriFatin

A great journalist and loved son, @PeterGreste awarded Outstanding Contribution to Journalism

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Hamish Macdonald

@hamishNews

How I wish @PeterGreste was free to collect his award tonight.

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Amanda Wilson@AmandaAtLarge

Bravo! The man who can’t tell his own story @PeterGreste wins Outstanding Contribution to .

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? Flip Prior ?

@FlipPrior

YES. @PeterGreste is awarded the most outstanding contribution to journalism award 2014

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Australian ABC news journalist Hayden Cooper also won an award for his coverage of the Greste Egyptian court case.

Hayden Cooper

@haydencooper

Thanks everyone! Thinking more than ever of @PeterGreste @MFFahmy11 @Bahrooz.

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On 29 December 2014 it will be one year since the Al Jazeera journalists were arrested by Egyptian authorities.

Photo credit: Greste with his Peabody award for “Somalia” in 2012: https://www.flickr.com/photos/peabodyawards/7268855516/

 

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