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CPJ, partners condemn referral of Mada Masr editor Lina Attalah to trial
Headline from Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined partner organizations on Friday in condemning the referral to trial of Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of the independent Egyptian outlet Mada Masr. The case is the latest escalation in Egypt’s crackdown on the press, which has included the arrest of all six…
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Lina Attalah, who is accused of managing a website without a license, will go to court next week. Mada Masr has published reporting critical of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's government.
Egyptian prosecutors referred Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of independent news outlet Mada Masr, to trial on a charge of operating a website without a license, after questioning her for more than six hours
Committee to Protect Journalists's feed description
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined partner organizations on Friday in condemning the referral to trial of Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of the independent Egyptian outlet Mada Masr. The case is the latest escalation in Egypt’s crackdown on the press, which has included the arrest of all six…
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