CairoEgypt’s prosecution says one of six journalists confessed Brotherhood ties.
Six people who ran a fact-checking platform face a public accusation before any court hears it.
The National Security Agency held them five days without lawyers or family before a prosecutor saw them, their lawyers say.
Some defendants complained of torture at the premises, and the prosecution ordered a forensic examination of one.
The six remain in custody under counterterrorism-law provisions, and their lawyers demand release and dropped charges.
How each outlet framed it
- Mada Masr leans critical
- contrasts prosecution's confession claim (Muslim Brotherhood media unit) against human rights group's charge of improper detention
Sources: Mada Masr