Egyptian Authorities release four Al Jazeera English staff

Media Release - 1/09/2013

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Egyptian Authorities release four Al Jazeera English staff

-However three staff remain detained

-Four AJE staff were detained since Tuesday

Al Jazeera Correspondent Wayne Hay, Cameraman Adil Bradlow, Producers Russ Finn and Mohammed Baher have been released by the Egyptian authorities on Sunday afternoon.

They were arrested on Tuesday and were detained for five days without charge,

Al Jazeera Media Network would like to thank all those who helped us over the past few difficult days, especially the New Zealand, South African and Irish embassies in Cairo.

However the Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr Executive Producer Shihab Elddin Shaarawi, was arrested early on Friday morning by security forces who kept denying his detonation until Sunday when they confirmed that he has been arrested.

Meanwhile Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Abdullah al-Shami who was arrested on August 14, along with Mohamed Badr, a cameraman for Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr who has been held for more than one month are still being detained.

These arrests are part of what Reporters Without Borders has called "growing hostility" towards journalists in Egypt.

Al Jazeera calls for the Egyptian authorities to release all our staff unconditionally along with their belongings and equipment.

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