Australian journalist Peter Greste may turn to international courts if Egypt again convicts him of terrorism charges.
Mr Greste and two of his Al Jazeera colleagues have been left waiting after a Cairo court delayed its verdict in their retrial for spreading false news and supporting a terrorist organisation.
The journalist has flagged possible legal appeals outside Egypt if he and Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy are convicted when the retrial verdict is delivered on Sunday.
"The fight is not over if we do wind up with a guilty verdict," Mr Greste told Sky News.
"There are things we are planning, we are considering doing, including taking this to other courts outside of Egypt, to international courts."
Mr Greste said he still had not been told why a Cairo court had pushed back its verdict, which was due to be handed down on Thursday evening, Australian time.
He said he and his colleagues faced yet another frustrating wait for the outcome, now due on Sunday evening, Australian time.
Mr Greste has already served 400 days behind bars in Egypt after he and his colleagues were convicted at their initial trial of supporting the black-listed Muslim Brotherhood of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
The journalists were sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison after they were found to have spread false news and backed the Brotherhood while covering the turmoil that followed Morsi's ouster in July 2013.
Earlier this year, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi - the former army chief who toppled Morsi - unconditionally deported Mr Greste amid savage criticism that the case was politically motivated.
But an appeals court later ordered a retrial, even demanding Mr Greste return to face the charges, despite the fact the president had ordered him out.
Mr Greste couldn't go back to Egypt without violating the president's order and has not been able to mount a defence in court.
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