#BBB NEWS| Al-Jazeera Journalists Sentenced To Prison In Egypt [PHOTOS]

Three Al-Jazeera English journalists were sentenced to three years in prison today in Egypt in a trial widely condemned by the international human rights community. (pictured above) Mohamed Fahmy (left), Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed were freed before their retrial Photo Credit: BBC

Judge Hassan Farid sentenced Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, Egyptian Baher Mohamed, and Australian Peter Greste after they were found guilty of “spreading false news” and accused of aiding the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Mr. Greste was deported in February and was sentenced in absentia, while Mr. Fahmy and Mr. Mohamed were immediately taken into custody. The three were given longer prison terms during their original sentencing in July 2014, but a retrial was called for based on the lack of evidence.

#BBB NEWS| Man Who Taped Eric Garner’s Death Released From Prison Thanks to Online Campaign [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

23 year old Ramsey Orta was placed on a $100,000 bail after he was pushed into an unforgiving spotlight for filming the fatal and illegal choke hold by NYPD officers that sparked worldwide outrage.

The power was really with “the people” however as bond has been raised and the Man Who Taped Eric Garner’s Death Released From Prison Thanks to Online Campaign. You can’t imagine what he’s been through since…

As more and more social injustices come to light more focus is going on the people who capture them on tape. As we’re seeing yet again by the Walter Scott case having such evidence is crucial for the rest of us to see for ourselves, but at the same time their significance can prove useless in “the court of law.” Caught in the trap of that same court of law is Man Who Taped Eric Garner’s Death Released From Prison Thanks to Online Campaign, who has been in his own version of hell since his heroic effort.