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Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah, head of the independent outlet Mada Masr, faces a criminal court retrial on Wednesday over charges of operating without a licence and publishing false news. The UN human rights office criticised Egypt's widening assaults on press freedom on Tuesday. Attalah was previously handed a one-year prison sentence in absentia in 2024. The retrial places her case at the centre of wider concern about press freedom in Egypt. The sources do not describe the evidence presented against her or the outcome the court may reach.