A Cairo court has sentenced seven years jail to three al-Jazeera journalists accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.
The court on Monday convicted Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed of spreading false news and supporting the now banned Islamist group.
Of them, Baher Mohamed has been sentenced to a further three years in jail on a separate charge involving possession of weapons.
Nine defendants tried in absentia, including three foreign journalists, received 10-year sentences.
However, the trio, who have been detained in Egypt for the past six months, denied the charges, reports BBC.
The three men were seized in a raid at a Cairo hotel on 29 December and have been held at Cairo's Tora prison.
In a statement, al-Jazeera English's managing director Al Anstey said the sentence "defies logic, sense, and any semblance of justice".
The trial has caused an international outcry amid claims that it is politicized.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told reporters on Monday she was "bitterly disappointed" by the outcome.
"I simply cannot understand how a court could come to this conclusion," she said.
It comes amid concerns over growing media restrictions in Egypt.
Rights group Amnesty International has previously described the trial as a "vindictive persecution of journalists for merely doing their jobs".
"The journalists appear to be pawns in the hands of the authorities in their ongoing dispute with Qatar," they said.
Egypt's authorities have cracked down harshly on Islamists and secular activists since Morsi was removed by the military on July 2013.
Hundreds have been killed and thousands arrested.