An Egyptian court has sentenced three Al-Jazeera journalists to three years in prison after a retrial.
Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were led away from court after the verdict. A third journalist Australian Peter Greste was deported in February.
Egypt's foreign ministry has summoned the British ambassador over comments he made on a court's decision to hand down prison sentences for three Al-Jazeera journalists, state television reported.
John Casson has suggested that Egypt's stability should be built on freedom of the press and freedom of expression.
On Saturday, the journalists were sentenced to three years for operating without a press licence and broadcasting material said to be harmful to Egypt.
Mohamed Fahmy a naturalised Canadian who has given up his Egyptian citizenship, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed were led away from court after the verdict.
Australian Peter Greste was sentenced in absentia after he was deported from the country in February.
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