Is This the End of Independent Media in Egypt?

Cause for concern?

Caveat: I am not familiar with the details of the case!

"... The ruling comes weeks after authorities arrested six journalists from fact-checking platform Matsadaash. Mada Masr was among eight independent Arab media outlets that responded by launching a joint newsroom initiative to fill the void created by those arrests. ...

Despite [president of Egypt] Sisi’s repeated promises to uphold press freedoms, independent journalists have frequently been targeted with legal harassment and prosecution, often under the auspices of protecting national security and countering the spread of what authorities consider to be “false news.” ..."

Is This the End of Independent Media in Egypt? "The arrest of [journalist] Lina Attalah and the order to shut [independent news outlet] Mada Masr have intensified fears that the country’s few remaining newsrooms outside state control could be next."