Egyptian journalist faces terrorism charges after entire newsroom detained
Calls for release of six Matsadaash staff after one is charged, while whereabouts of other five remain unknown An Egyptian journalist has been charged with joining a terrorist group, days after an entire newsroom was detained in what rights groups have said is a crackdown on press freedoms. Last week, authorities arrested six journalists from the independent fact-checking and investigative…
Egyptian journalist Abdallah Qadri has been charged with joining a terrorist group and spreading false news after an entire newsroom was detained in what rights groups have characterized as a crackdown on press freedoms. The six journalists from the independent fact-checking platform Matsadaash, also known as "don’t believe," were arrested over a two-day period, with Ashraf facing charges and set to be held for 15 days pending investigation.
The other five journalists remain missing. Abdelrahman Mansour, the co-founder of Matsadaash, denied any association with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and criticized the arrests as one of the gravest attacks on journalism in Egypt's modern history. The Egyptian government has not commented on the matter.
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