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Egyptian prosecutors refer Mada Masr editor Lina Attalah to trial over unlicensed website

Associated Press reports Attalah was released on bail and is due in court Oct. 27, facing a possible fine.

Updated Oct 22, 2026 · 22:15 UTC3 reports

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Egypt's Supreme State Prosecution referred Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Attalah to trial on a charge of running a website without a license.[Associated Press]
Attalah was also questioned on a publishing false news charge, which her lawyer says was not included in the referral.[Associated Press]
Attalah was released on bail of 100,000 Egyptian pounds; if convicted, she faces a fine of one to three million pounds, according to her lawyer.[Associated Press]
Attalah is due in court on Oct. 27, which is the next step in the case; its outcome remains unknown.[Associated Press]

Egypt's Supreme State Prosecution referred Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Attalah to trial on a charge of establishing and managing a website without a license.[Associated Press]
Attalah was also questioned on a charge of publishing false news, but that charge was not included in her court referral, according to her lawyer, Hassan al-Azhari.[Associated Press]
Attalah was released Wednesday evening on bail of 100,000 Egyptian pounds.[Associated Press]
If convicted, Attalah faces a fine of one to three million Egyptian pounds, according to al-Azhari.[Associated Press]
Attalah is due in court on Oct. 27.[Associated Press]

The exclusion of the false news charge from the referral is attributed only to Mada Masr's lawyer, Hassan al-Azhari, in the available reporting.[Associated Press]
The outcome of the Oct. 27 court date, including whether any fine is imposed, is not known.[Associated Press]

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