Peter Greste - Professor of Journalism at Macquarie University and Founder of the Alliance for Journalists' Freedom

Peter Greste - Professor of Journalism at Macquarie University and Founder of the Alliance for Journalists' Freedom

Professor Peter Greste is a former foreign correspondent who spent 25 years working for the BBC, Reuters and Al Jazeera. In December 2013, he and two of his colleagues were arrested in Cairo and charged with terrorism offences. In letters smuggled from prison, he described the arrests as an attack on media freedom, and was released after more than 400 days. He is now a professor of journalism at Macquarie University and a founder of the advocacy group, the Alliance for Journalists' Freedom.