{
  "id": 16915546,
  "title": "Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/egypt-fines-prominent-editor-lina-attalah-and-shuts-independent-news",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T14:16:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/28/egypt-lina-attalah-mada-masr-press-freedom-clampdown"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed website Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and had her website ordered to be shut down by a court amid an intensifying crackdown on independent media in the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}