One of a shrinking number of independent news websites in Egypt says security forces have detained its editor-in-chief. The website Mada Masr said Lina Attalah was arrested outside a Cairo prison complex while interviewing the mother of a jailed activist.
In this Nov. 24, 2017 photo, Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, a prominent investigative media outlet in Egypt, participates in a panel discussion at cultural center in Cairo, Egypt. Mada Masr said editor Lina Attalah was arrested Sunday, May 17, 2020, outside Cairo’s Tora prison complex. She was there to interview the mother of a prominent jailed activist. It's the latest arrest amid a wider crackdown on dissent.
CAIRO — A prominent investigative media outlet in Egypt said security forces detained its editor-in-chief Sunday, the latest arrest amid a wider crackdown on dissent. The outlet said Attalah was being held at a police station in southern Cairo, officials there said, and she would be questioned by prosecutors Monday.
The jailed activist went on hunger strike over a month ago, and his family has been struggling to get him released in recent months amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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