Hundreds of journalists from the BBC and other news organisations held a silent protest in London on Tuesday in support of Al-Jazeera reporters jailed by an Egyptian court.

The journalists, many with black tape over their mouths, gathered outside the BBC's broadcasting headquarters to express their support for their former colleague, the award-winning Peter Greste from Australia, Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and producer Baher Mohamed, who were sentenced to between seven and 10 years in jail.

Barnaby Phillips, an Al-Jazeera colleague of Greste's, said Greste was a "tough customer" who was dealing well with his ordeal.

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