An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced three Al Jazeera journalists to three years in prison.
Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were present for the proceedings. Australian Peter Greste, who was freed in February, was sentenced in absentia.
The journalists were charged with aiding a terrorist organization -- a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood, which was outlawed in Egypt after the army overthrew President Mohamed Morsy amid mass protests against his rule in 2013.
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