A Cairo court on Thursday postponed the final verdict in the retrial of three Al-Jazeera English reporters for next week, in a blow to the defendants and human rights activists who had expected a resolution to the long-running case.
The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera said it was outraged that the verdict has been adjourned and hoped for a swift end to the proceedings with the charges dropped.
The postponement came because the judge, Hassan Farid, was ill, two Egyptian judicial officials said. The new date for the verdict, August 2, might also be pushed back.
