Egyptian court fines Mada Masr editor-in-chief and orders closure of the outlet
The New Cairo Misdemeanor Court found Lina Attallah, editor-in-chief of the independent website Mada Masr, guilty of operating without a license, imposed the maximum fine of 3 million Egyptian pounds, and ordered the site closed and its equipment confiscated. Attallah spent several hours in custody and was released after paying the fine. The outlet intends to appeal the ruling; it also emerged that in 2024 she was sentenced in absentia to one year in prison in another case. The New Cairo court found Lina Attallah, editor-in-chief of the independent outlet Mada Masr, guilty of operating without a licence, imposed the maximum fine of 3 million Egyptian pounds and ordered the site's closure and the confiscation of its equipment. Attallah spent several hours in custody and was released after paying the fine. The outlet intends to appeal the ruling; it also emerged that in 2024 she had been sentenced in absentia to one year in prison in another case.
Aziz Karimov