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

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The Guardian – World
“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…

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