Egypt Doesn't Think There Was Anything Wrong With The Al Jazeera Verdict

Egypt Rejects Criticism Of Al Jazeera Sentencing
FILE - In this Saturday, May 3, 2014 file photo, Canadian-Egyptian acting Al-Jazeera bureau chief Mohammed Fahmy talks to the judge in a courthouse near Tora prison along with several other defendants during their trial on terror charges in Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian court has convicted three journalists for Al-Jazeera English on Monday, June 23, 2014, including Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, and sentenced them to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related charges. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam, File)
FILE - In this Saturday, May 3, 2014 file photo, Canadian-Egyptian acting Al-Jazeera bureau chief Mohammed Fahmy talks to the judge in a courthouse near Tora prison along with several other defendants during their trial on terror charges in Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian court has convicted three journalists for Al-Jazeera English on Monday, June 23, 2014, including Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, and sentenced them to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related charges. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam, File)

CAIRO, June 23 (Reuters) - Egypt rejected on Monday foreign criticism of its judicial system and interference in its affairs after a court decision to sentence three Al Jazeera journalists to seven years or more in jail raised an international outcry.

"The Egyptian foreign ministry strongly rejects any comment from a foreign party that casts doubt on the independence of the Egyptian judiciary and the justice of its verdicts," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

"The foreign ministry once again affirms that any interference in its internal affairs is rejected... and this is what the foreign minister confirmed in several contacts with international parties recently." (Reporting by Lin Noueihed; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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