Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah faces prison as trial sparks international outcry
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from France 24 [en] · Middle East
Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah, head of independent news outlet Mada Masr, faces a criminal court retrial Wednesday over charges of operating without a licence and publishing false news. The UN criticised Egypt’s “widening assaults on press freedom” Tuesday. Attalah was previously handed a one-year prison sentence in absentia in 2024.
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