Mediagazer: Peter Greste: don't abandon me and other jailed al-Jazeera journalists (Patrick Kingsley/Guardian)

9:40 AM ET, June 25, 2014

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Patrick Kingsley / Guardian:

Peter Greste: don't abandon me and other jailed al-Jazeera journalists — As three journalists are moved to a new jail in Egypt, Greste's brother relays his call for their story to be kept alive — Peter Greste has called on the international community not to abandon him and two other journalists jailed …

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