Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr
THE GUARDIAN · LONDON — Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed website Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and had her website ordered to be shut…
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- The Guardian
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- World
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- 28 October 2026 · 14:16 UTC
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- 28 October 2026 · 14:30 UTC
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- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/28/egypt-lina-attalah-mada-masr-press-freedom-clampdown
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