Mediagazer: 100+ ex-BBC World Service journalists write UK Egypt ambassador to protest Al Jazeera trial (William Turvill/Press Gazette)

7:05 PM ET, July 1, 2014

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William Turvill / Press Gazette:

100+ ex-BBC World Service journalists write UK Egypt ambassador to protest Al Jazeera trial — 100 BBC World Service journalists condemn Egypt for ‘retrograde step’ following seven-year Al Jazeera sentences — More than 100 former BBC World Service journalists have written …

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Jemima Kiss / Guardian:

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

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Jay Yarow / Business Insider:

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