An Egyptian appeals court ordered a retrial on Thursday in the case of three imprisoned Al-Jazeera English journalists.

The decision by Egypt's Court of Cassation came after a hearing that lasted only a few minutes. However, Canadian-Egyptian Mohammed Fahmy, Australian journalist Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohammed, who have been held since their arrest in December 2013, were not granted bail.

The three journalists did not attend the brief hearing that began around 9 am local time in Cairo. Reporters gathered to report on the hearing were not allowed in for those arguments, but later entered the court.