Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr

The Guardian World | Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:16:24 GMT

Cairo's court convicts,
Lina Attalah fined,
Mada Masr closed tight.

Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed websiteLina 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…

Read the original article