In a series of recent letters from his cell in Cairo’s Tora prison, Mr Greste described his detention as a "chilling warning" to other journalists working in Egypt, be they Arabic or Western. The government has accused him and his crew of holding illegal meetings with members of the Brotherhood, which has been declared a terrorist group by the military-installed government. Mr Greste says it was simply part of his to job to report on the activities of a political party that won 40 per cent of the vote in the 2012 elections.