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Coverage dated November 9, 2026 to November 10, 2026

"A Crackdown on All Independent Voices": Egypt Shutters News Outlets, Prosecutes Editor Lina Attalah

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Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Egypt’s leading independent news outlet Mada Masr , faces a criminal trial this week on charges of “spreading false information,” just two weeks after being convicted of operating an unlicensed website and fined more than $50,000.

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  1. Democracy Now

    "A Crackdown on All Independent Voices": Egypt Shutters News Outlets, Prosecutes Editor Lina Attalah (opens Democracy Now)

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    Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Egypt’s leading independent news outlet Mada Masr , faces a criminal trial this week on charges of “spreading false information,” just two weeks after being convicted of operating an unlicensed website and fined more than $50,000.

  2. Committee to Protect Journalists

    How Egypt’s laws are used to choke its independent press (opens Committee to Protect Journalists)

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    The conviction of Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah highlights the persistent threat of how Egyptian authorities use licensing requirements, criminal penalties, and website blocking to silence independent journalism, despite constitutional guarantees of press freedom.

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