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<p>Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed website</p><p>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 intensif

<img style="float: right" src="https://i.ds.at/wu9CZA/rs:fill:150:0/plain/lido-images/2026/10/28/941428fe-bc5e-4e3a-bfc1-e1446c3884e7.jpg">Chefredakteurin Attalah in Gewahrsam

Editor-in-chief Lina Attalah was briefly detained and fined over licensing violations. Rights groups condemned the ruling as a major blow to press freedom in Egypt, where independent media face growing pressure.

A l’issue d’une unique audience, un tribunal a ordonné la fermeture du site Internet et imposé une amende de près de 49 000 euros, pour l’avoir exploité « sans licence ». Il s’agit de la sixième affaire visant Lina Attalah et le média « Mada Masr » en six ans, mais aucune n’avait jusque-là abouti à un procès.

Editor Lina Attalah was freed once a $53,400 fine was paid, only to learn of a one-year sentence passed in her absence.

Ein Gericht in Kairo hat die Nachrichtenseite »Mada Masr« schließen lassen. Chefredakteurin Lina Attalah ist in Gewahrsam. Menschenrechtsorganisationen fürchten nun einen Präzedenzfall für weitere Maßnahmen gegen freie Medien.

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Il s’agit de la sixième affaire visant Lina Attalah et « Mada Masr » en six ans, mais aucune n’avait jusque-là abouti à un procès.

Lina Attalah, who is accused of managing a website without a license, will go to court next week. Mada Masr has published reporting critical of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's government.