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Canadian journalist convicted in Egypt in 'terrible state of mind,' family says

Mohammed Fahmy, Canadian-Egyptian acting bureau chief of Al-Jazeera, appears in a defendant's cage at a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, May 5, 2014. The family of Fahmy, convicted on terrorism-related charges by a Cairo court, says the 40-year-old is in a "terrible state of mind." THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Hamada Elrasam Mohamed Fahmy is now made to wear the navy blue prison uniform that marks those convicted by Egyptian courts. The new clothing is just one change that reinforces last week's stunning verdict in the Egyptian-Canadian journalist's case — a turn of events which has left him in a "terrible state of mind," his family said. "He was absolutely demoralized, very down, quite pessimistic towards how things will progress," Fahmy's brother, Adel Fahmy, told The Canadian Press on Wednesday after the family's first prison visit since the verdict in Cairo. The trio were accused of supporting the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group of ousted president Mohammed Morsi, which Egypt's current government has declared a terrorist group.




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