CAIRO — Egypt began moving on Sunday toward a retrial of two journalists whose yearlong incarceration has drawn widespread condemnation from Western governments and human rights groups. Defense lawyers raised alarms that the government was failing to fulfill a deal for the imminent release of one of them.
–
Mr. Fahmy, Mr. Mohamed and Mr. Greste were among at least 12 journalists imprisoned in Egypt at the end of last year, according to a tally by the Committee to Protect Journalists, a nonprofit group. Other counts put the total at 60 or more.