WorldEgypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and orders independent outlet Mada Masr shut
A Cairo court convicted Egyptian journalist and Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Attalah of managing an unlicensed website and ordered the outlet closed. After a brief detention, she was released when Mada Masr paid a 3 million Egyptian pound fine. The case has prompted renewed concern over Egypt’s press freedom crackdown.
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Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and orders independent outlet Mada Masr shut
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