CAIRO – An Egyptian court said on Wednesday it adjourned until April 22 the trial of two Al Jazeera television journalists.
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The pair are charged with aiding a terrorist organisation, a reference to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Mohamed Fahmy, a naturalised Canadian who has given up his Egyptian citizenship, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were released on bail last month after spending more than a year in custody.
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A third Al Jazeera journalist, Australian Peter Greste, was deported in February.
They were originally sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison on charges including spreading lies to help a terrorist organisation, which they have denied. Egypt’s high court ordered a retrial in January