Egypt court convicts Mada Masr editor, orders site shut

An Egyptian court has convicted Lina Attalah, editor of independent news outlet Mada Masr, of running an unlicensed website and ordered the site to be shut down. She was released after Mada Masr paid a fine of 3 million Egyptian pounds. Her lawyer said she had also been sentenced in absentia in 2024; an appeal hearing is set for November 11.