Australian journalist Peter Greste and his two Al Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, have been sentenced to three years in prison by a Cairo court.

The court said the three journalists had operated in Egypt without a press licence, and broadcast material harmful to Egypt, in a case that has triggered an international outcry.

Australian journalist Peter Greste. Credit:Reuters

The verdict in the retrial was issued against Fahmy, a naturalised Canadian who has given up his Egyptian citizenship, Mohamed, an Egyptian, and Australian Greste, who was deported in February.