Two Al Jazeera prisoners at forefront of freed journalist Peter Greste’s mind

The relief that Australian journalist Peter Greste feels at being freed from prison in Egypt is restrained by concern for his two colleagues who remain in detention, his family said on Monday.

Al Jazeera journalist Greste was released on Sunday after 400 days in a Cairo jail and later left Egypt. He had been sentenced to seven years on charges that included aiding a terrorist group, security officials said.

Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed remain in prison. They were jailed for between seven and 10 years on charges including spreading lies to help a terrorist organisation – a reference to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

It is the fate of his two Al Jazeera colleagues that is tempering Greste’s joy, his brother told a news conference in the city of Brisbane.

“He’s not going to forget his two other colleagues, there’s no doubt that his excitement is tempered and restrained and will be until those guys are free. He won’t give up until Baher and Mohamed Fahmy are out of there,” Andrew Greste said.