Mohamed Fahmy verdict expected Thursday

An Egyptian court adjourned a verdict on Thursday in the retrial of three Al Jazeera journalists on terrorism-related charges.

Peter Greste and his Al Jazeera colleagues are frustrated as an Egypt court postponed the verdict.

Mr Greste said the delay was “incredibly frustrating” and held even more serious consequences for his colleagues, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy, who remain in Egypt after he was deported.

An appeals court ruled in January that they should be given a new trial after prosecutors failed to provide sufficient evidence to show they supported the Brotherhood.

“It’s disturbing that the trial was postponed without informing our lawyers”, he said outside the court.

Ties between Doha and Cairo have been badly strained over Qatar’s backing for Morsi’s short-lived government under his Muslim Brotherhood.

The officials say the judge in the case, Hassan Farid, is ill.

Rights groups say that journalists and freedom of speech in Egypt are under threat from the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Egyptian Al-Jazeera English journalist Baher Mohammed, left, whispers in the ear of Al-Jazeera English journalist Mohammed Fahmy, outside Tora prison, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, July 30, 2015.

Fahmy obtains his Canadian citizenship before leaving the country to pursue a career in journalism, which sees him cover stories for major media outlets such as CNN and the New York Times. “I want to be an optimist but I know anything can happen”.

There were conflicted reports over the date of postponement as Al-Jazeera journalists and reporters were denied entry to the court.

Fahmy and his family move to Canada.

The court was scheduled to hand down a verdict on Thursday (today) but was delayed over “administrative issues”, according to Youm7.

The trio was originally detained in 2013 at a Cairo hotel only days after Egyptian authorities branded the Muslim Brotherhood – the group from which former President Mohamed Morsi hails – a “terrorist” organization.

But the situation facing Mr Mohamed and Mr Fahmy, who are out of jail on bail in Cairo, is far more worrying, he is quick to point out from the safety of his Brisbane home.

The journalists were also accused of working without valid media accreditation.