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Canada made it clear to Egypt that Fahmy verdict not right, Harper says
ROBERVAL, Que. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada has made it clear to Egypt that it is not happy with the terrorism verdicts and prison sentences handed down against three journalists, including Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy.
Harper says Canada has expressed concerns about the case and the Egyptian legal process from the beginning.
Al-Jazeera journalists Fahmy, Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were convicted of giving support to the Muslim Brotherhood, which Egypt labels a terrorist group.
The prime minister says Canada has been providing consular support and services to Fahmy from the outset.
He also says Canada will continue to press the Egyptian government on the case.
The Harper government has been criticized for not taking a tougher stand on Fahmy, but Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says bullhorn diplomacy won’t work.
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