There's a time and place for bullhorn diplomacy

Source:
Winnipeg Free Press
Date of source:
14 Oct 2015

Mohammed Fahmy is wondering what, if anything, Canada’s highest political offices did to help win his freedom. Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott won the release of Peter Greste, who was convicted alongside Mr. Fahmy, by persistently and repeatedly phoning Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.

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