WorldEgyptian journalist faces terrorism charges after entire newsroom detained

Egyptian authorities arrested six journalists from the independent fact-checking platform Matsadaash, accusing them of operating without a licence and publishing false news for the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Mohamed Ashraf was charged with joining a terrorist group and spreading false news; the other five journalists’ whereabouts remained unknown. Rights groups and journalists called for their release.

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