埃及最高国家安全公诉处已将Mada Masr新闻网站联合创始人兼主编Lina Attalah送交法庭审判1。检控官员周三对Attalah进行了6小时审问，指控其无证经营网站1。该案原定的"发布虚假新闻扰乱公共秩序"指控在审问中被撤销1。审判将于10月27日在开罗新城一家轻罪法院开审1。若被定罪，Attalah可能面临100万至300万埃及镑的罚款，折合约16000至48000欧元或18000至54000美元1。
Mada Masr自2018年以来一直寻求政府许可证，2022年发现请求被拒1。国际记者保护委员会主任Sara Qudah声称"埃及正在利用媒体法惩罚独立新闻业，加强过去数年来最严厉的打压之一"1。此前上月埃及当局逮捕了事实核查网站Matsadaash的6名记者1。记者无国界组织2024年世界新闻自由指数显示埃及在180个国家中排名第169位1。
Egypt's Supreme State Security Prosecution has referred Lina Attalah, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Mada Masr news website, to court for trial on charges of operating the outlet without a license 1. Prosecutors questioned Attalah for six hours on Wednesday, during which an original accusation of publishing false news to disturb public order was withdrawn 1. The trial is scheduled to begin on October 27 at a misdemeanor court in New Cairo 1.
If convicted, Attalah faces potential fines ranging from one million to three million Egyptian pounds, equivalent to approximately 16,000 to 48,000 euros or 18,000 to 54,000 dollars 1. Mada Masr has been seeking a government license since 2018, and discovered in 2022 that its request had been rejected 1.
International press freedom organizations have expressed concern about the prosecution. Sara Qudah, director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, stated that "Egypt is using media law to punish independent news outlets, intensifying one of the most severe crackdowns in recent years" 1. Egypt ranks 169th out of 180 countries in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders 1. Last month, Egyptian authorities arrested six journalists from the fact-checking website Matsadaash 1.
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