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

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 down by a court amid an intensifying crackdown on independent media in the country. Attalah was taken briefly into custody after a Cairo court convicted her of managing an unlicensed website, prompting fresh international concerns over press freedom in Egypt. Continue reading...

埃及法院以管理未獲許可網站為由對Mada Masr主編莉娜·阿塔拉定罪，她在繳納罰款後獲釋，網站被下令關閉。此事發生在另一家獨立核查平台六名記者被捕之後，多個人權與新聞自由組織將其視為對獨立媒體空間的進一步打壓。