Three Al Jazeera journalists on trial in Egypt pleaded not guilty Thursday to having links to the Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptian military government has accused them of “joining, or aiding and abetting a terrorist organization.” The trio were denied bail, and their trial was adjourned until March 5. Heather Allan, the head of Al Jazeera English news gathering, criticized Egyptian authorities for prosecuting journalists.

Heather Allan: “We believe we will be acquitted. The lawyers are fully on board with us. They fully believe in our case. They fully believe that we were just operating as journalists. We don’t have an agenda. We’ve got nothing against Egypt. We certainly don’t lie or do biased reporting. So, we believe that we are innocent.”