Published October 13, 2015
A former Al-Jazeera journalist who was released from prison in Egypt last month says Canada's prime minister betrayed and abandoned him.
Fahmy, a Canadian, said Prime Minister Stephen Harper delegated his responsibility to people who lacked the clout to get him released.
He spoke at a news conference Tuesday, two days after returning to Canada.
Fahmy was arrested in 2013 with two Al-Jazeera English colleagues. He was sentenced to three years in prison in a retrial this year for airing what a court described as "false news" and coverage biased in favor of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood. The case was widely condemned, and Fahmy and his Egyptian co-defendant received a presidential pardon last month.
Fahmy's two-year ordeal raised questions about Egypt's commitment to free speech and whether Canada's government did enough for him.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/journalist-released-from-egyptian-prison-says-canadas-pm-abandoned-him-during-2-year-ordeal