Australian journalist Australian journalist Peter Greste has been deported from Egypt after 400 days behind bars, and has flown to Cyprus on his way home to Australia.
There was no official word on the fate of his two Al Jazeera colleagues - Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed - who were also jailed in the case that provoked an international outcry.
Greste was set free by order of Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued under a new law allowing foreign prisoners to be deported.
He travelled straight to the airport with his brother, and was said to be in good health when he boarded the plane to Cyprus.
Greste's family, who will hold a press conference in Brisbane later this morning, confirmed his release from jail in a statement posted on social media.
His brother Andrew Greste said the family was ecstatic and called for the world to respect his brother's privacy and to give him time to appreciate his freedom. Greste has been deported from Egypt after 400 days behind bars, and has flown to Cyprus on his way home to Australia.
There was no official word on the fate of his two Al Jazeera colleagues - Canadian-Egyptian
Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed - who were also jailed in the case that provoked an international outcry.
Greste was set free by order of Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued under a new law allowing foreign prisoners to be deported.
He travelled straight to the airport with his brother, and was said to be in good health when he boarded the plane to Cyprus.
Greste's family, who will hold a press conference in Brisbane later this morning, confirmed his release from jail in a statement posted on social media.
His brother Andrew Greste said the family was ecstatic and called for the world to respect his brother's privacy and to give him time to appreciate his freedom.
There was no official word on the fate of his two Al Jazeera colleagues - Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed - who were also jailed in the case that provoked an international outcry.
Greste was set free by order of Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued under a new law allowing foreign prisoners to be deported.
He travelled straight to the airport with his brother, and was said to be in good health when he boarded the plane to Cyprus.
Greste's family, who will hold a press conference in Brisbane later this morning, confirmed his release from jail in a statement posted on social media.
His brother Andrew Greste said the family was ecstatic and called for the world to respect his brother's privacy and to give him time to appreciate his freedom. Greste has been deported from Egypt after 400 days behind bars, and has flown to Cyprus on his way home to Australia.
There was no official word on the fate of his two Al Jazeera colleagues - Canadian-Egyptian
Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed - who were also jailed in the case that provoked an international outcry.
Greste was set free by order of Egypt's president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued under a new law allowing foreign prisoners to be deported.
He travelled straight to the airport with his brother, and was said to be in good health when he boarded the plane to Cyprus.
Greste's family, who will hold a press conference in Brisbane later this morning, confirmed his release from jail in a statement posted on social media.
His brother Andrew Greste said the family was ecstatic and called for the world to respect his brother's privacy and to give him time to appreciate his freedom.
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