LONDON: Hundreds of journalists from the BBC and other news organizations held a silent protest in London on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) in support of Al-Jazeera reporters jailed by an Egyptian court.

The journalists, many with black tape over their mouths, gathered outside the BBC’s broadcasting headquarters to express their support for their former colleague, the award-winning Peter Greste from Australia, Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and producer Baher Mohamed, who were sentenced to between seven and 10 years in jail.

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