Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah, head of independent outlet Mada Masr, faces a criminal court retrial Wednesday on charges of operating without a licence and publishing false news. The UN criticised what it called Egypt’s “widening assaults on press freedom” Tuesday. Attalah received a one-year prison sentence in absentia in 2024.
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