Egyptian editor faces trial after hours of questioning
Mada Masr, one of Egypt's last independent news outlets, faces trial after prosecutor questioned its editor-in-chief, Lina Attalah, for over six hours. She was granted bail of 100,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,800) and could face a fine of one to three million pounds if convicted. The Supreme State Prosecution charged her with establishing and managing a website without a license and publishing false news.
Attalah founded Mada Masr in 2013, which has been blocked in Egypt since 2017. The case is the sixth against Mada Masr and its journalists in six years.
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