Family of Australian Journalist Freed From Egyptian Jail Begs for Privacy

In a previously unpublished email interview with Peter Greste’s brother Andrew, Andrew described how the entire family was working for Peter’s release.

The family of Peter Greste, an award-winning Australian journalist held for 400 days in Egyptian jail, implored the media for privacy as news of his release spread this week. Greste was being held in Egypt with two colleagues from Al Jazeera, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, and Baher Ghorab. Fahmy and Ghorab are still in captivity.

Greste was arrested in Cairo on December 29, 2013 after just a few weeks of being in Egypt for work. He and his colleagues were put on an internationally publicized trial in which Greste was convicted of reporting false news and endangering Egypt’s national security. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and was held in Cairo’s Tora Prison.

I would like to think that if I was in a similar predicament Peter would do the same for me.

— Andrew Greste, brother of Peter Greste, on helping secure his brother's release