Three Al Jazeera journalists jailed for the last year by the Egyptian military will face a retrial on charges that they spread false news.
The surprise decision was taken by Egypt's top court on New Year's Day.
Prosecutors reportedly acknowledged in court that the initial guilty verdicts were problematic.
The men remain in jail pending that retrial.
Al Jazeera correspondent Sue Turton…convicted alongside the men in absentia…echoed the network's call for them to be immediately released.
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Al Jazeera correspondent Sue Turton was convicted alongside the men in absentia, and says she doesn't have much faith in the new trial.
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Journalist Robin Lustig in London says this is just the latest chapter in a bizarre series of legal proceedings against the journalist.
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Journalist Robin Lustig in London says the men had hoped they would be immediately released.
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