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FILE - In this Thursday, May 15, 2014 file photo, from left, Mohammed Fahmy, Canadian-Egyptian acting bureau chief of Al-Jazeera, Australian correspondent Peter Greste, and Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed appear in a defendant\'s cage along with several other defendants during their trial on terror charges at a courtroom in Cairo. Egypt’s state news agency says the trial of three Al-Jazeera English journalists and 17 others has adjourned until next week when the judge will deliver the verdict, five months after the trial opened. Fahmy, Greste and Baher have been in detention since December 29. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam, File)

Canadian reporter imprisoned in Egypt hopeful after colleague’s release

CAIRO – An Egyptian-Canadian journalist for Al-Jazeera imprisoned in Egypt says he’s hopeful that the imminent release of another reporter for the Qatar-based news network on medical grounds means he too will be freed.

Mohamed Fahmy spoke Tuesday from a private hospital where he had a medical checkup on his shoulder, an injury that’s worsened during his six-month imprisonment.

Fahmy and two other Al-Jazeera English journalists are on trial for terrorism-related charges. The verdict is expected Monday.

On Sunday, Egypt’s top prosecutor ordered the release of Abdullah Elshamy, an Al-Jazeera Arabic reporter.

Elshamy started a hunger strike over 100 days ago to protest his detention. He’s been held since August without charges.

Egyptian authorities accuse Al-Jazeera of being biased toward Islamists. The network denies the allegations against it and its detained staffers.

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