Egyptian police arrest all six journalists of investigative outlet
Rights groups say the arrests of all six newsroom staffers mark Egypt’s broadest crackdown on an independent fact-checking outlet in years.
- Between Monday and Tuesday, Egyptian authorities arrested all six members of the Matsadaash investigative journalism platform's editorial team. The entire newsroom is now in detention without official information regarding their whereabouts or alleged offenses.
- Matsadaash has specialized in news verification since 2018, frequently debunking government statements including a recent fact-check of Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty's refugee claims and a report on cronyism in public prosecution appointments.
- According to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights , four journalists were arrested at their homes in Cairo, Gharbia, and Port Said, while two others were detained on a Cairo street.
- During the raids, security forces confiscated mobile phones and personal laptops, while authorities have not disclosed the location or specific charges, prompting Matsadaash to describe the move as an "unprecedented development."
- With 26 journalists now detained in connection with their work, Egypt remains a leading jailer of media professionals, a security crackdown recently expanded to include Discord users and online content creators.
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Members of the Matsaddash fact-finding platform are unaccounted for after being arrested on charges of belonging to a terrorist group
The six journalists, the entire editorial team of the fact-checking website Matsadaash (“don’t believe” in Arabic), were arrested in a series of raids on September 28 and 29. The post Egypt: Six journalists charged with terrorism and ties to the Muslim Brotherhood appeared first on in.gr.
Egyptian authorities have charged six journalists under anti-terrorism laws. Egyptian authorities on Wednesday charged six journalists under anti-terrorism laws, accusing them of working for the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and receiving foreign funding to spread “fake news.” The six journalists, the editorial team of the fact-checking website Matsadaash (“don’t believe” in Arabic), were arrested in a series of raids on September 28 and 29, acc…
Egypt is notorious for detaining journalists, but now the entire editorial staff of Matsadaash has been arrested. The journalists' lawyers...
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