Egypt: Event in Cairo

06 Oct 2026, 15:51 UTC Veracity: not rated Severity: Moderate

Syndicate submits prosecution complaint regarding Matsda2sh journalists’ torture, Interior Ministry denies claims Prosecutors are still investigating the six Matsda2sh journalists who are being held in remand detention for 15 days, effective from the day they were brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution, according to Hossam Bahgat, the director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, whose lawyers are leading the defense counsel representing the journalists. Prosecutors largely repeated the same line of questioning the journalists faced in the first round of […] The post Syndicate submits prosecution complaint regarding Matsda2sh journalists’ torture, Interior Ministry denies claims first appeared on Mada Masr.

Event details

Disorder type: political violence
Sub-event: arrests
Interaction: state forces
Key actors: Media
Location: Cairo
Coordinates: 30.0620, 31.2304
Source platform: rss

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