Freed Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy is suing Al Jazeera for $100 million over its roles in his imprisonment in Egypt. Fahmy, who is Egyptian-Canadian, spent more than a year in prison along with two other Al Jazeera journalists. In a lawsuit filed in Canadian court, he accused Al Jazeera of giving him misinformation about his legal status in Egypt and airing his reports on its Egyptian channel, which was banned.

Mohamed Fahmy: “Egypt put us three journalists on trial instead of punishing the network, but I will not be as lenient as Egypt, and I am here to announce that I will set the record straight and put Al Jazeera on trial in Canada’s top court. The network not only deceived us journalists, breached contract and acted negligently toward us before the arrest, they also failed to reimburse me for my full legal fees.”