PETER GRESTE'S LONG FIGHT TO CLEAR HIS NAME:
2013:
DECEMBER: Peter Greste and Al Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed are arrested for broadcasting false news and supporting the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi
2014:
JUNE: Greste and Fahmy found guilty and sentenced to seven years' jail, Mohamed gets 10-years, sparking international outrage and protests over press freedom in Egypt
2015:
JANUARY:
- Egypt's Supreme Court orders a retrial for the trio after questioning the integrity of their initial trial
- Greste's lawyers apply to the Egyptian government for his deportation
FEBRUARY:
- Despite the retrial, Greste is deported by the Egypt president under a new decree allowing him to expel foreign defendants convicted or accused of crimes
- An elated Greste arrives home having spent 400 days in a Cairo jail
- Fahmy and Mohamed initially remain in jail but are later released on bail pending the retrial
- Retrial begins in Greste's absence as he cannot return to Cairo
- Greste warns he could again be convicted of terrorism-related charges that could threaten his career as a foreign correspondent
JULY
- Retrial verdict scheduled for July 30 postponed until August 2
AUGUST
- Retrial verdict scheduled for August 2 postponed until August 29
- Court in Cairo sentences Greste, Fahmy and Mohammed to three years jail.
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