Australian journalist Peter Greste receives the news that Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy has been pardoned by Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, live on The Chaser’s Media Circus programme, filmed at the ABC’s Sydney studio in Ultimo. It was later revealed that Egyptian national Baher Mohamed, also a colleague of Greste, had also been pardoned. An emotional Greste says the news was the conclusion of an eight-month battle to release both journalists.

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