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Images are flooding in from around the world as people join Al Jazeera’s Global Day of Action for Press Freedom.

[INDONESIA] The case has drawn international criticism, with people saying it is about the wider issue of press freedom in Egypt.
Published On 27 Feb 2014

Journalists are not terrorists.

On Thursday’s Global Day of Action for Press Freedom, this was the message being passed around the world as people in more than 30 cities came out to show solidarity for journalists detained in Egypt.

Al Jazeera made the call for the day of action in response to the continued detention of four of its journalists, still being held in Egypt on allegations that the network vehmently denies.

Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, who were simply doing their jobs, are being tried in Cairo, charged with terrorism-related offences and “spreading false news“.

Another Al Jazeera Arabic reporter, Abdullah al-Shami, has been in prison since August 14 and has been on hunger strike for more than 30 days.

Please join the world’s press in a Global Day of Action on Thursday, February 27 with peaceful demonstrations, silent protests and individual images that will send a message to Egypt and the world: If you silence the press, you silence us all.

Journalists from other networks and local media have also been imprisoned in Egypt. This day is a call for press freedom to be restored and for all journalists to be freed.

[INDONESIA] On February 20, Egypt began the trial of several journalists, including four from the Al Jazeera TV network, on terrorism-related charges.
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[MALAYSIA] The hashtags #FreeAJStaff and #JournalismisnotTerrorism have gone viral on Twitter during the campaign.
[GAZA] People in more than 30 cities have gathered to call for the release of Al Jazeera journalists detained in Egypt.
[SEOUL] Journalists campaigned outside Egyptian embassies around the world.
[KABUL] Al Jazeera(***)s Peter Greste, Egyptian bureau chief Mohamed Fahmy, and producer Baher Mohamed were detained on December 29.
[MALAYSIA] Abdullah al-Shamy from Al Jazeera Arabic has been detained for more than six months without charge.
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[BEIRUT] Egypt was ranked the third deadliest destination for journalists in 2013 by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
[NAIROBI] As well as the four Al Jazeera journalists behind bars, another six network staff have been named as part of the case, but are not in Egypt. Another 11 journalists being tried are not employed by Al Jazeera.
[SANAA] Nobel Peace Laureate Tawakul Karman is among many notable names who have leant their voice to the campaign.
[ISLAMBAD] The February 27 campaign was designed to draw attention to press freedom as a whole, as well as to the case of journalists detained in Egypt.