Mexico City Protest Demands Release of Al Jazeera Journalists From Egyptian Prison NTDTV
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Journalists gather in front of Egypt embassy to call for the release of Al Jazeera journalists charged with aiding a "terrorist organisation". (NTDTV)

Protesters converged outside Egypt's embassy in Mexico City on Thursday to press the Middle Eastern country to free four journalists from prison, three of whom have been charged with aiding a "terrorist organisation".

The three from Al Jazeera's English-language television service - Peter Greste, an Australian; Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian-Egyptian national; and Baher Mohamed, an Egyptian - were detained in Cairo on December 29.

Al Jazeera Arabic's Abdullah Elshamy has been detained without charge since 14 August 2013, and has been on hunger strike in protest since January 23, the network said.

Al Jazeera has called the accusations absurd. The charge of aiding a "terrorist organization" is an apparent reference to the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been protesting against the government since the army toppled Islamist President Mohammed Mursi on July 3 following mass protests.

Journalist Amparo Rodriguez called on the world to join their cause.

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