Al-Jazeera trial: Amal Clooney urges pardon for journalists - BBC News

Al-Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste were each jailed for three years on Saturday for "spreading false news". Amal Clooney, defence lawyer for Mohamed Fahmy, told BBC's Lyse Doucet that campaigners would press the Egyptian President to pardon the journalists. Subscribe to BBC News HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Check out our website: http://www.bbc.com/news Facebook:   / bbcworldnews   Twitter:   / bbcworld   Instagram:   / bbcnews