Egypt and world politics brief
UN criticizes conditions for freedoms in Egypt as six journalists are jailed and media restrictions risk widening
An RE brief based on a story published by Euronews Arabic on 10 November 2026.
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The UN human rights office called on Egyptian authorities on Tuesday to release 6 journalists from the fact-checking platform Matdaesh and reverse measures hindering its work and that of Mada Masr. The appeal came ahead of the retrial of Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Attalah, scheduled for Wednesday, 11 November; the office said lawyers reported that the detained journalists had faced mistreatment.
Key numbers
- 28 and 29 September
- Dates the journalists were detained
- at least 25 journalists
- Reported in detention in Egypt in October by the Committee to Protect Journalists
- 2017
- Year Mada Masr was blocked inside the country