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Egypt orders closure of leading independent news site Mada Masr

Global Published 28 October 2026, 01:35 · archived 27 Oct 2026

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

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