Al Jazeera journalist held in Berlin denies 'false' charges

June 21, 2015 16:10

An Al-Jazeera journalist detained in Germany at Egypt's request has rejected charges against him as "false" and urged Berlin against colluding with Cairo, in a video aired by the broadcaster on Sunday.

"This case is false," Ahmed Mansour said in the video message he recorded in police detention in the German capital.

"The coup regime in Egypt is too weak to drag a state like Germany and the EU into its dirty game against Egyptians," said Mansour, referring to the Egyptian military's ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi in July 2013.

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