It's Been 300 Days Since The Al Jazeera Journalists Were Jailed In Egypt

Friday marked the 300th day that the Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt have been locked up.

Al Jazeera's Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed were detained in Egypt in December 2013 on charges of airing false news and coordinating with the Muslim Brotherhood. They were eventually sentenced to seven to 10 years in prison, an unprecedented court ruling that sparked outrage and cries for press freedom worldwide.

Today marks 300 days in custody for @PeterGreste and his colleagues. #FreeAJStaff #journalismisnotacrime pic.twitter.com/H8NIcuWjfL

— Peter Greste (@PeterGreste) October 24, 2014

On Tuesday, Egyptian court announced that the date for the appeals hearing would be Jan. 1, 2015.

Al Jazeera said that it will air a special 300-second video on Friday for the journalists -- one second for each day the three men have been in custody.

For the entirety of their imprisonment, thousands of journalists and supporters around the world have joined together for the #FreeAJStaff social media campaign, tweeting pictures with their mouths taped shut and standing together in solidarity.

Here's how journalists continued the fight on Friday:

Egypt's shame. Al Jaz Journalists now jailed for 300 days. Shout loud and shout long. It's time to #FreeAJStaff http://t.co/jP8dtTdWuO …

— Inigo Gilmore (@InigoGilmore) October 24, 2014

Three journalists. Three hundred days in prison. Three hundred days of condemnation. http://t.co/SOGBwqcKkQ #FreeAJStaff #300days

— Rahul Radhakrishnan (@RahulRadhakris) October 24, 2014

It’s 300 days today, since my friend and colleague @PeterGreste was imprisoned in a Cairo jail. #FreeAJstaff pic.twitter.com/fFgMskwuNq

— Nastasya Tay (@NastasyaTay) October 24, 2014

It's been 300 days since not only @PeterGreste was imprisoned, but also @MFFahmy11 + @Bahrooz (who missed the birth of his son) #FreeAJStaff

— Noman Tahir (@NomanTahir) October 24, 2014

All we are saying...is #FreeAJStaff All we are saying...is #FreeAJStaff...All we are saying is #FreeAJStaff It's now 300 days. Set them free

— Inigo Gilmore (@InigoGilmore) October 24, 2014

"Journalists are no longer on the front lines. We are the front lines," writes @PeterGreste from Masraa prison. #300Days #FreeAJStaff

— Abigail Higgins (@abbyhiggins) October 24, 2014

10 months. 300 days. 7,200 hours. 432,000 minutes. However you count time in prison, it's time to #FreeAJStaff in #Egypt

— Jason Stern (@IbnLarry) October 24, 2014

300 days without freedom - Demand justice for Al Jazeera journalists wrongly imprisoned in Egypt. #FreeAJStaff http://t.co/73v1sXa0G7

— CPJ (@pressfreedom) October 24, 2014

300 days in prison for doing their job....Time Egypt did the right thing #FreeAJStaff

— Alan Fisher (@AlanFisher) October 24, 2014

300 days in prison for doing their job... it's just wrong. #journalismisnotacrime #FreeAJStaff @PeterGreste

— Lea Emery (@leae) October 24, 2014

The Al Jazeera English journalists imprisoned in Egypt have now spent 300 days in jail #FreeAJStaff

— Cath Norris-Trent (@cntrentF24) October 24, 2014

My cat comes and goes as he wants, unlike @PeterGreste @MFFahmy11 and @Bahrooz who've been locked up in Egypt for 300 days. #FreeAJstaff

— Felicity Barr (@FelicityBarrTV) October 24, 2014