Egyptian journalist faces terrorism charges after entire newsroom detained

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An Egyptian journalist has been charged with joining a terrorist group after authorities detained six staff members of independent fact-checking platform Matsadaash. Rights groups describe the arrests and the five colleagues whose whereabouts remain unknown as part of a crackdown on press freedom.

Calls for release of six Matsadaash staff after one is charged while whereabouts of other five remain unknown An Egyptian journalist has been charged with joining a terrorist group, days after an entire newsroom was detained in what rights groups have said is a crackdown on press freedoms. Last week, authorities arrested six journalists from the independent fact-checking and investigative platform Matsadaash – literally meaning “don’t believe” – accusing them in a statement of being unlicensed and publishing false news on behalf of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Continue reading...