Court orders closure of one of Egypt’s last independent media outlets, detains and fines editor
Read the full story at Winnipeg Free PressOpen in the live monitor
Related discussion groups
No group discusses this yet. Start a discussion group and attach this story.
More news about Egypt
- Saudi Aramco Offers Discounted Oil to Europe as Exports RecoverSaudi Aramco is offering additional crude to European refiners for October and November loading, just weeks after telling customers they would receive no oil under their October contracts following...
- Egyptian Court Orders News Site Closed as Critics Warn of a CrackdownMada Masr, one of Egypt’s few independent media outlets, said a judge ordered it closed for operating without a license and detained its editor in chief.
- Pressefreiheit: Ägypten schließt unabhängige NachrichtenseiteEin ägyptisches Gericht hat die Schließung der unabhängigen Nachrichtenwebseite Mada Masr angeordnet. Chefredakteurin Attalah wurde zu einer hohen Geldstrafe verurteilt. Reporter ohne Grenzen spric...
- Rechter verbiedt kritische Egyptische nieuwssite, hoofdredacteur beboet en aangehoudenIn Egypte is de hoofdredacteur van de onafhankelijke nieuwssite Mada Masr veroordeeld tot de maximale boete van bijna 50.000 euro, omdat ze geen vergunning had om de website te runnen. Nadat de rec...
- Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah detained after court orders news site's closureAmnesty International said the verdict against Attalah and independent outlet Mada Masr represented "a crushing blow to press freedom".
- Egypt
- Ägypten: Unabhängige Nachrichtenseite »Mada Masr« muss nach Gerichtsbeschluss schließenEin Gericht in Kairo hat die Nachrichtenseite »Mada Masr« schließen lassen. Chefredakteurin Lina Attalah ist in Gewahrsam. Menschenrechtsorganisationen fürchten nun einen Präzedenzfall für weitere...
- Egypt orders closure of Mada Masr as court convicts editor Lina AttalahThe Committee to Protect Journalists has ranked Egypt, which has just ordered the closure of Mada Masr, among the world’s top jailers of journalists.