CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday that he told Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi that a jailed Australian journalist is innocent of charges that he supported the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

Australian Peter Greste is one of three Al-Jazeera journalists who face judgment in a Cairo court Monday on charges that they supported the Brotherhood. They were arrested in December as part of a sweeping crackdown on Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi after the military overthrew him last year.

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