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Egypt Shutters Independent News Site Mada Masr and Detains Its Editor-in-Chief
This “severe blow” to independent media is an “unprecedented escalation,” says a journalist who previously worked there.
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A court in Cairo has ordered the closure of the independent Egyptian news site Mada Masr. The court also ordered the site’s editor-in-chief, Lina Attalah, to be detained until she pays a fine of over $50,000. She was convicted on charges of managing an unlicensed website. Mada Masr is “the flagship independent media outlet in Egypt and a pillar of independent media in the region…
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