Steve Herman
@newsguyusa@flipboard.social
Security personnel lifted off the ground a prominent Egyptian journalist and carried her out of a Cairo courtroom after a judge convicted the Mada Masr editor-in-chief of running an unlicensed website and ordered the independent outlet closed.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypts-mada-masr-editor-lina-attalah-jailed-court-orders-outlet-shut
Middle East Eye
Egypt jails Mada Masr editor and orders outlet closed
The conviction of respected journalist Lina Attalah and the closure of the independent news site represents a devastating blow to press freedom in the country