Lina Attalah in custody after court issues LE3 mn fine, orders Mada Masr’s closure
Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah was fined LE3 million by the New Cairo Misdemeanor Court, which convicted her on charges of managing an unlicensed website, issuing an order for the website’s closure. Attalah was taken into custody after the issue of the ruling. Tuesday’s session at the ninth circuit of the New Cairo Misdemeanor Court, presided over by judge Mohamed Mubarak, was temporarily suspended for deliberations after Attalah’s defense counsel… The post Lina Attalah in custody after court issues LE3 mn fine, orders Mada Masr’s closure first appeared on Mada Masr.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same court ruling: Attalah fined LE3 million and Mada Masr ordered closed over operating an unlicensed website, with Report 2 adding that she was taken into custody.
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