Peter Greste, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Peter Greste

Australian journalist

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1965

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Profession: journalist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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Peter Greste (Latvian: Peteris Greste; born 1 December 1965) is an Australian journalist and correspondent, who holds dual citizenship of Australia and Latvia.
He has worked as a correspondent for Reuters, CNN and the BBC, predominantly in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa. On 29 December 2013, Greste and two other Al Jazeera English journalists, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, were arrested by Egyptian authorities.
On 23 June 2014, Greste was found guilty by the court, and sentenced to seven years of incarceration.On 1 February 2015, a month after a retrial of Greste, Fahmy and Mohammad was announced, Greste was deported and flown to Cyprus.
His colleagues were released on bail on 12 February 2015.