Two Britons are among 20 journalists arrested in Egypt while working for TV news channel Al Jazeera, the authorities have claimed. Egypt’s prosecutor’s office said yesterday an Australian, a Dutch citizen and the two from the UK are accused of helping to promote false news benefiting the Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood, which was in power until Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was forced from power by the army last year, has since been declared a terrorist group. Mohammed Badr, a cameraman for Al-Jazeera, appears at a court in Cairo, Egypt, on charges of joining or assisting a terrorist group and spreading false news that endangers national security
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Foreign Office is aware of reports and has launched an investigation
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Australian reporter Peter Greste is among those arrested
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Journalists detained over their coverage of mass civil unrest in Egypt
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Arrested face sentences of up to 15 years for belonging to a terrorist group
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