{
  "id": 19847483,
  "title": "The Guardian view on press freedom: authoritarians target journalism because it matters | Editorial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/the-guardian-view-on-press-freedom-authoritarians-target-journalism",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T18:01:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/13/the-guardian-view-on-press-freedom-authoritarians-target-journalism-because-it-matters"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "From Cairo to Moscow to Washington, governments are turning up the pressure on media workers Lina Attalah is an influential Egyptian journalist. Yet until last month, even she was unaware of a major and concerning piece of news: her own conviction. In 2024, a court issued her a one-year sentence for “spreading false news” and running a website without a licence – which she had repeatedly sought…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}