Egypt arrests entire newsroom of 'unlicensed' independent outlet
First reported 1 Oct, 11:52 UTCUpdated 2d ago5 sources
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Egypt's interior ministry said Thursday it arrested six staff members of a fact-checking platform it accused of being "unlicensed" and linked to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group.
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Egyptian police arrested six journalists from a fact-checking and investigative media outlet, accusing them of spreading misinformation on behalf of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, which the publication denied.
Egypt's interior ministry said Thursday it arrested six staff members of a fact-checking platform it accused of being "unlicensed" and linked to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group.
The arrest this week of the six journalists of Matsadaash (Arabic for “Don’t Believe”) sparked an outcry from international and regional rights groups.
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- Egypt says six members of online platform 'run by Muslim Brotherhood' arrested (opens The National (UAE) in a new tab)
Egyptian police have arrested six members of an online platform who are accused of spreading false news and having links to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood . The Interior Ministry said in a statement that it had identified an “unlicensed online page" called Matsadaqsh ( Don't Believe It ), which it alleged was…
- Egyptian police arrest all six journalists of investigative outlet (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
Egyptian police arrested six journalists from a fact-checking and investigative media outlet, accusing them of spreading misinformation on behalf of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, which the publication denied.
- Egypt arrests entire media editorial team over Muslim Brotherhood accusations (opens New York Post in a new tab)
The arrest this week of the six journalists of Matsadaash (Arabic for “Don’t Believe”) sparked an outcry from international and regional rights groups.
- Egypt arrests entire newsroom of 'unlicensed' independent outlet (opens Africanews in a new tab)
Egypt's interior ministry said Thursday it arrested six staff members of a fact-checking platform it accused of being "unlicensed" and linked to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group.
- Egypt arrests independent publication’s entire team (opens Taipei Times in a new tab)
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