{"id":126757,"date":"2015-06-21T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=126757"},"modified":"2015-06-20T23:03:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T23:03:27","slug":"al-jazeera-journalist-arrested-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=126757","title":{"rendered":"Al-Jazeera journalist arrested in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al-Jazeera says one of its senior journalists has been arrested in Germany at the request of Egypt.<\/p>\n

Ahmed Mansour, who works for the channel’s Arabic-language service, was detained as he tried to board a flight from Berlin to Qatar.<\/p>\n

A German police official said Egyptian authorities had issued an international arrest warrant for Mr Mansour.<\/p>\n

A court in Egypt’s capital Cairo sentenced him to 15 years in prison in absentia last year on torture charges.<\/p>\n

Al-Jazeera says the claims made against Mr Mansour, who has dual British and Egyptian citizenship, are absurd and false.<\/p>\n

“I am still under arrest at Berlin airport, waiting to be taken before an investigating judge,” Mr Mansour, 52, tweeted on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Al-Jazeera reporter that he is expected to remain in custody until Monday when he will go in front of a German judge.<\/p>\n

A police spokesman said the arrest was made at 15:20 local time (13:20 GMT).<\/p>\n

He added that the Egyptian-issued arrest warrant accused Mr Mansour of committing “several crimes” but he gave no further details.<\/p>\n

‘Quite ludicrous’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Al-Jazeera said the Egyptian warrant was previously rejected by international police body Interpol as it did not meet its rules.<\/p>\n

In a video recorded while detained, Mr Mansour described the incident as a “misunderstanding” and said he hoped it would be resolved quickly.<\/p>\n

“It is quite ludicrous that a country like Germany would enforce and support such a request made by a dictatorial regime like the one we have in Egypt,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Egypt’s leader, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, met Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin earlier this month<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Relations between Doha and Cairo have been strained by Qatar’s support for the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood organisation in Egypt.<\/p>\n

Three al-Jazeera journalists, including Australian Peter Greste, were arrested in Egypt in 2013 on charges of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.<\/p>\n

Mr Greste was deported to Australia after being held for over a year.<\/p>\n

The other two – Canadian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohamed – were released on bail in February pending a retrial.<\/p>\n

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi visited Germany earlier this month and met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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