An Egyptian judge has ordered the release of two Al-Jazeera English journalists.

An Al-Jazeera reporter who spent more than a year in an Egyptian prison has returned home to Australia.

The release of Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy from a prison in Egypt is "imminent", Canadian foreign minister John Baird said.

Australian journalist Peter Greste said it was a great relief to be freed from prison in Egypt but added in an interview on Al Jazeera that he felt “incredible angst” about leaving two colleagues behind in prison.

The CEO of Amnesty International Ireland has described the criminal justice system in Egypt as a "joke".

A freed Al-Jazeera English reporter and his family have called on Egypt to release his two colleagues who remain behind bars, in a case widely condemned as a sham by human rights groups.

Al-Jazeera English reporter Peter Greste has left Egypt after the president approved his deportation following more than a year behind bars in a case that was widely condemned by rights groups.

Al-Jazeera English reporter Peter Greste has left Egypt after the president approved his deportation following more than a year behind bars in a case that was widely condemned by rights groups.

Two of three Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt have applied to be deported under a new law after the country’s highest court ordered their retrial but did not free them as their families had hoped.

Egypt’s highest court has ordered a retrial of three jailed journalists working for Al Jazeera television, citing procedural flaws in last year’s trial.

An appeals court in Egypt has ordered a retrial in the case of three imprisoned Al-Jazeera English journalists.

Egypt’s president has acknowledged for the first time that the heavy sentences handed down to three Al Jazeera journalists had a “very negative” impact on his country’s reputation, saying he wished they were never put on trial.

The father of an Australian journalist jailed in Egypt said his family was stunned by the court’s decision to imprison his son.