Jazeera reporter sues channel over detention

An Al-Jazeera journalist on retrial in Egypt has sued his Qatari employer for $100 million, his lawyers said yesterday, claiming the satellite network was negligent and supported blacklisted Islamists.

Mohamed Fahmy and two other Al-Jazeera journalists were sentenced last year to up to 10 years in prison on charges of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood movement in its coverage of protests that led to the ouster of Morsi.