Former Jailed Aljazeera Journalist awarded British Journalism Prize

The three Aljazeera Journalists who were recently released from the Egyptian prison have bagged a prestigious British journalism award.
The Royal Television Society awarded the trio Peter Greste, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the advancement of television journalism.
Though Mohamed and Fahmy could not attend because of their bail conditions. Peter Greste who was there to represent the trio on Wednesday night said;

"I'd be willing to bet this award that journalists have never united around a single common cause in the way that they have ours. I know how important it has been.

"For us, in prison of course we knew a bit about it. We were aware of some of the demonstrations; we'd heard about the zip-the-lips campaign and the letters.

"At the personal level, it was hugely empowering. It helped put rods of steal into our spines, because we came to understand that this was about something far bigger than the three of us alone. It was about the universal principles of freedom of expression, about the public's right to know. And we knew you were right there with us."

Congratulations to them.