A hi-profile Al Jazeera journalist, arrested in Germany at the request of Egypt, says he is surprised about his detention. <br /><br /> Ahmed Mansour, who is a leading talk show host on the channel’s Arabic service, is expecting to face a judge who will decide on whether he should be extradited. <br /><br /> Cairo’s criminal court sentenced the journalist to 15 years in prison in absentia last year.<br /><br /> It was on a charge of a torturing a lawyer in 2011 in Tahrir Square, the focus of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. <br /><br /> Al Jazeera said at the time the charge was false and an attempt to silence Mansour. <br /><br /> The journalist was arrested in Germany on Saturday as he tried to board a flight to Doha. <br /><br /> Critics accuse the west of turning a blind eye towards what they say is the Egyptian government’s crackdown on dissent and freedom of speech – in favour of improved economic ties and regional security cooperation.
