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Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr

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Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed website Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and had her website ordered to be shut down by a court amid an intensifying crackdown on independent media in the country. Attalah was taken briefly into custody after a Cairo court convicted her of managing an unlicensed website, prompting fresh international concerns over…

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WORLDFrance 24

West Bank: settlers using drones to monitor Palestinians

"We feel like we’re being watched all the time." In the occupied West Bank, Palestinian farmers are speaking out against the extensive use of drones by Israeli settlers and the Israeli military. According to activists and researchers, this practice is aimed, in part, at monitoring new Palestinian construction. In 2026, the Israeli government allocated a budget of 50 million shekels (over 14 million euros) to outposts and illegal settlements in the West Bank to fund so-called "security" equipment—which includes these drones.

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