“Egypt Fines Editor Lina Attalah, Orders Shutdown of Independent News Site Mada Masr | Nova” — what this page in the network covers. Egyptian authorities have fined prominent journalist Lina Attalah and ordered the closure of Mada Masr, one of the country's last independent news outlets, after a Cairo court convicted her of managing an unlicensed website. Attalah, the editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, was briefly detained before bein Egyptian authorities have fined prominent journalist Lina Attalah and ordered the closure of Mada Masr, one of the country's last independent news outlets, after a Cairo court convicted her of managing an unlicensed website.
Attalah, the editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, was briefly detained before being released, but the ruling marks a sharp escalation in the government's crackdown on press freedom. The conviction and shutdown order come amid mounting international criticism of Egypt's treatment of journalists. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.