Peter Greste
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Professor of Journalism @MediaCommsMQ, author, journalist and speaker. After prison in Egypt, I advocate #MediaFreedom. RTs are just that.
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Joined August 2009
"A slow accumulation of silence". Our ED reflects on what he sees as Australia’s growing culture of secrecy https://t.co/fXwVUNLuf8
smh.com.au
Australia is the most “reflexively secretive” country that this former foreign correspondent has dealt with. If we don’t defend our freedoms, we will lose them.
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Very, very soon, the movie, The Correspondent will be available on Netflix. For obvious reasons, I happen to think it's brilliant. If you missed in cinemas, catch it here...
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This is a horrific story that should never have happened.
I represent Mo Munshi. His is a cautionary tale for all Australian & British investors in overseas mining. Mo served seven years in prison, incl two in solitary confinement for a crime that didn't exist. #BringMoHome Share his story, contact your MP to ask them to bring Mo
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“I deserve to heal”. The impact of incarceration on my friend Alaa Abd el-Fattah.
theguardian.com
The campaigner, who spent more than a decade in an Egyptian ‘vortex of incarceration’, wants to join his son in the UK while he reflects on the fight for freedom
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We stepped out into the street, he was carrying Lana's pram, then suddenly he stopped and turned saying "Mona, it's the first time in years I feel the intense sun directly on my skin!" 💔❤️ #AlaaIsFree
#FreeThemAll
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My dear friend @alaa Abd el Fattah is free!! Such love and joy! With thanks to all who believed in and backed the cause.
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A rare piece of good news from #Egypt: @alaa has been pardoned by Al Sisi. The most lucid, sharp, and consistent activist of the past 20 years — his prison writings are proof. His release is thanks to his mother’s hunger strike outside Downing https://t.co/osSqcF3C6x
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Incredible! Alaa's family led Egypt's rights community in a years long campaign for his release from unjust detention. Alaa and his fearless family inspired us all with their powerful campaign to free him. Congrats to @alaa, @sana2, @Monasosh & Laila! We're all so happy for you
HUGE HUGE NEWS FROM EGYPT!! Egyptian President Sisi has issued a presidential pardon for activist and blogger @Alaa Abdel Fattah.
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What epic news! Congrats to you and all who I fought so tenaciously to free my friend and former prison cellmate. @alaa. He is an extraordinary human who should have been celebrated, never imprisoned.
President Sisi has pardoned my brother! Mum & I are heading to the prison now to inquire from where Alaa will be released and when. Sorry I can't take calls right now but I'll keep you posted the moment we hear something. Omg I can't believe we get our lives back! #FreeAlaa
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Just woke to this incredible news!!! British-Egyptian activist @alaa Abd el-Fattah to be freed from prison. the best possible news. So many have fought so hard to release my old cellmate that it is hard to believe. In a bleak world, a chunk of joy
theguardian.com
Writer, who has served six years for sharing a Facebook post, was given a presidential pardon
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My friend @MariaRessa on the murders of journalists in #Gaza. This is why Israel must let foreign correspondents in now. #FreedomToReport. #JournalismIsNotACrime.
abc.net.au
Intentionally attacking civilians like aid and rescue workers, and journalists, is a violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime.
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This is beyond urgent. Israel must let foreign journalists in to Gaza and have the #FreedomToReport. I have signed.
We, the 1500+ signatories of #FreedomToReport, stand in solidarity with our colleagues in Gaza and fully support the #TheCoverageContinues initiative. We join their urgent call: foreign press must be granted immediate, independent access to Gaza. https://t.co/2DgYQUJp26
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@PeterGreste: 190 journalists have been killed in Gaza since 2023. This figure is appalling and seems likely to increase. At the same time, Israel will not let foreign journalists in. https://t.co/PqQSFzF9ya
theconversation.com
If Israel believes the journalism from Palestinian reporters is Hamas propaganda, the solution is straightforward: let foreign correspondents in.
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Our ED, @PeterGreste, spoke to @abcnews, about what happens when foreign reporters are blocked from covering a war. Who can tell who is telling the truth? https://t.co/kn5snCKTBI
abc.net.au
This week, five Al Jazeera journalists were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. Israel confirmed it had targeted one of the men it says was the head of a Hamas terrorist cell, an allegation Al...
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The AJF is appalled at the consistent killings of journalists in Gaza. The deaths of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif and five others bring the grim total of journalists killed in Gaza to over 190. Journalism is not terrorism. https://t.co/xKLyreMpsq
cpj.org
New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled by Israel’s killing in Gaza on Sunday of four Al Jazeera staff — correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and...
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I have added my name to this list which is now approaching 400 international journalists. This is not about partisanship. It is about letting independent witnesses report on arguably the world’s most consequential conflict. #FreedomToReport #GazaMission
Alongside nearly 200 other international journalists, I have signed the #FreedomToReport #GazaMission petition. Our Gazan colleagues are doing an amazing job, but we need Israel to allow us to enter Gaza now. To do our job - to report.
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When we were younger, we used to fight with Mama that parents should by default go to sleep early so their kids can do whatever mischief they have planned while they are sleeping. Mama would sleep quite late and wake up super early https://t.co/2AofbFrNEp
#SaveLaila
#FreeAlaa
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The Guardian view on Egypt and Alaa Abd el-Fattah: Starmer and Lammy vowed to do all they can. So do it. #FreeAlaa, #SaveLaila
theguardian.com
Editorial: The UK still has ways to press for the release of the British-Egyptian writer and bring an end to the hunger strike endangering his mother’s life
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The attacks on the journalists in LA are troubling not only for their sake, but for ours. Attacks on the press are attacks on all of us. Press freedom is not a luxury for peacetime. It is a requirement for peace. @PeterGreste in @ConversationEDU
https://t.co/OJtUCfhAlP
theconversation.com
A rubber bullet to Channel Nine reporter Lauren Tomasi’s leg signals media freedom in the US is again under attack.
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