Human Rights Orgs Denounce Egypt's Arrest of Mada Masr Editor Lina Attalah
Attalah was accused of publishing false news and operating without a license amid Egyptian authorities’ extensive crackdown on independent press.
Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah, co-founder and editor-in-chief of independent news outlet Mada Masr, has been sentenced to a year in prison on charges of publishing false news and operating the site without a license. The news came as a shock to Attalah, who had been unaware of the in absentia sentence handed down in 2024. Human rights and press freedom organizations, such as Reporters Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, and the International Federation for Human Rights, have vehemently condemned the charges against Attalah and Mada Masr, labeling her prosecution as a "Kafkaesque miscarriage of justice."
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