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Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr
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Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed website.
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The Guardian emphasises “Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr”; DW leads with “Egypt orders closure of independent news site Mada Masr”.
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New reporting from The Guardian: Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr.
2 sources at this update - Headline updated
Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed website.
2 sources at this update - Headline updated
Editor-in-chief Lina Attalah was briefly detained and fined over licensing violations.
2 sources at this update - First reported
Editor Lina Attalah was freed once a $53,400 fine was paid, only to learn of a one-year sentence passed in her absence.
1 source at this update