Two Al Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt on controversial charges are to get a retrial on February 12th, the station says.

Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egyptian national Baher Mohamed were sentenced to between seven and 10 years on charges - including spreading lies to help a terrorist organisation, a reference to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

Their colleague, Peter Greste, was released last week and is now back home in Australia.

Speaking to reporters in Brisbane, he called on Egypt to free the colleagues he left behind.

"If it's right for me to be free then it's right for all of us," Mr Greste said. "I think that Egypt now has an opportunity to show that justice doesn't depend on your nationality."

The retrial was granted a month ago and a date has now been confirmed by Mr Mohamed's lawyer.

Egypt accuses Qatar-based Al Jazeera of being a mouthpiece of the Muslim Brotherhood, after the media organisation criticised the government's deadly crackdown.

Al Jazeera denies supporting the Brotherhood, who were removed from power by the army in 2013.

Human rights groups have accused the Egyptian government of rolling back freedoms.

Mr Greste was held in Cairo for a total of 400 days before his release on Sunday. He spoke to Al Jazeera about this experiences earlier this week:

Originally posted at 14.30