CairoA court fined Lina Attalah LE3 million and closed Mada Masr.
Egypt loses its last major independent newsroom by court order, and its editor goes to custody.
The New Cairo Misdemeanor Court convicted her of managing an unlicensed website, then ordered its closure and the confiscation of its property.
The judge appointed a lawyer Attalah rejected and refused to record her objection, said rights lawyer Hossam Bahgat.
Attalah remains in custody at the courthouse.
How each outlet framed it
- Mada Masr leans critical
- details the courtroom closure: plainclothes officers and an NSA officer filled the room after the judge cleared it, and the defence was refused witnesses and documents
Sources: Mada Masr