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The Middle East and North Africa Program of @pressfreedom.
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CPJ MENA @CPJMENA Oct 23

Egypt has jailed an entire newsroom and referred @MadaMasr Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah to trial, in an escalating campaign to silence the country’s remaining independent media.

Read CPJ’s analysis of Egypt’s unprecedented crackdown on the press by @m_medhaat:

cpj.org/2026/10/whos-n…

cpj.org ‘Who’s next?’: Inside Egypt’s unprecedented crackdown on the press - Committee to Protect Journal... The referral of independent outlet Mada Masr’s editor-in-chief Lina Attalah to trial, alongside the recent detention of an entire newsroom and the targeting of independent journalists, signals an...

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The closure of @MadaMasr was shocking, but it is not isolated. CPJ’s latest analysis shows how Egypt uses its media and cybercrime laws to deny outlets licenses, then shut them down, sentence editors, and block their sites for lacking one. By @m_medhaat

cpj.org/2026/11/how-eg…

cpj.org How Egypt’s laws are used to choke its independent press - Committee to Protect Journalists The conviction of Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah highlights the persistent threat of how Egyptian authorities use licensing requirements, criminal penalties, and website blocking to silence...

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Today, Egyptian prosecutors extended by 15 days the pretrial imprisonment of six journalists from the independent platform Matsadaash.

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#FreeThePress #JournalismIsNotACrime

cpj.org Egypt detains entire newsroom of Matsadaash media platform - Committee to Protect Journalists Washington, D.C., October 2, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately release the six detained journalists working for investigative media platform...

CPJ MENA @CPJMENA 1d

Egyptian journalist @Linaattalah is due to face a retrial tomorrow, November 11. She faces a one-year prison sentence, issued in absentia in 2024, over allegations of spreading false news and operating an unlicensed website. Once again in #Egypt, a journalist is treated as a criminal for doing her work.

#FreeThePress #JournalismIsNotACrime

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www.newarab.com Why Mada Masr and Lina Attalah’s fight matters for press freedom As Egypt moves to shut down Mada Masr and prosecute its editor, the EU faces a test of its commitment to defending press freedom, writes Sara Qudah.

CPJ MENA @CPJMENA 1d

"CPJ strongly condemns an Israeli settler attack that injured @EPA_Images photographer Alaa Badarneh near Qasra in the occupied West Bank. Badarneh was struck in the shoulder by a rock when Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian harvesters. Settlers repeatedly target journalists without facing repercussions, highlighting the failure of accountability by Israeli authorities. CPJ demands an immediate end to this ongoing impunity."

— Sara Qudah, MENA Regional Director