Greste touches down on Aussie soil

Finally home ... Australian journalist Peter Greste has arrived in Brisbane after 400 days in an Egyptian jail. Picture: Marc Robertson Source: News Corp Australia

Peter Greste will arrive in Brisbane at 1am AEST on Thursday following his release from an Egyptian jail.

FREED journalist Peter Greste has returned home after 400 days of hell in an Egyptian prison.

The Al Jazeera journalist, who spent more than a year in jail, landed in Brisbane about 12.30am Thursday.

The 49-year-old immediately travelled from Egypt to Cyprus after his release on February 1, heading home via Singapore with brother Mike Greste.

He was met at the airport by family including parents Lois and Juris Greste and younger brother Andrew Greste.

Reunited ... Peter Greste hugs his parents Lois and Juris Greste at Brisbane airport. Picture: Marc Robertson Source: Supplied

Greste was freed this week through a presidential decree issued by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

It followed an intense international campaign to have him and his two colleagues, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy, freed after they were accused of spreading false news while working in Egypt in late 2013.

In June last year, they were sentenced to seven and 10 years jail.

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With his colleagues still behind bars, Greste has already started campaigning for their freedom.

"I also feel incredible angst for my colleagues, leaving them behind," Greste said in his first interview since his release with employer Al Jazeera.

"Amidst all of this relief I still feel a sense of concern ... if it's right for me to be free, then it's right for all of us to be free."

Imprisoned ... Al-Jazeera employees (from left) Baher Mohamed, Mohamed Fahmy and Peter Greste in an Egyptian court on March 31, 2014. Picture: AP Photo/Heba Elkholy, El Shorouk Source: AP

Greste said Fahmy was an "extraordinary professional" who, thanks to his status as an Egyptian-Canadian, has the option of deportation.

But Baher Mohamed only holds Egyptian nationality, meaning the prospect of his release is bleak.

After receiving news of his brother's release, Andrew Greste said seeing his sibling and parents, Lois and Juris, smile again after the ordeal "makes the last 400 days worth it".

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