Egypt: Prominent Journalist Lina Attalah Detained

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, in Cairo, Egypt, November 24, 2017. © 2017 Roger Anis/AP Photo (Beirut) - The New Cairo Misdemeanor Court convicted Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of the independent news platform Mada Masr, of operating without a license in a single hearing on October 27, 2026. The court fined her 3 million Egyptian pounds (US$53,474) and ordered the website’s closure. The authorities took Attalah into custody after the hearing. Mada Masr reported that prior to ruling, the judge cleared the courtroom, rejected all procedural…

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