CAIRO: Egypt deported three Al Jazeera journalists yesterday, days after the channel carried appeals from leaders of ousted President Mohammed Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood to stage protests against the army-backed government.
Al Jazeera’s offices in Cairo have been closed since July 3, when they were raided by security forces hours after Mursi was toppled, although the channel, broadcast from Qatar, can still be seen in Egypt.
Security officials at Cairo airport, declining to be named, said Wayne Hay, Adil Bradlow and Russ Finn had been put on an Egyptian plane headed for London, after being forced to leave their equipment behind.
AFP
