Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah faces retrial that could send her to prison
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Lina Attalah, who runs independent outlet Mada Masr, appears in criminal court Wednesday on retrial for operating without a licence and publishing false news. The UN on Tuesday condemned Egypt’s “widening assaults on press freedom.” She was sentenced in absentia in 2024 to one year, learned of it only last month after release from a separate case, and was fined three million Egyptian pounds (about $56,000) there. UN spokesman Thameen Al-Kheetan cited due process concerns.
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