Egyptian journalist's retrial adjourned as UN warns of 'widening assaults on press freedom'12 minutes agoYolande KnellMiddle East correspondent
AFP via Getty Images Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of the online news outlet Mada Masr, talks during an interview in Cairo on 8 November 2026AFP via Getty Images
Lina Attalah has said Egypt is "trying to limit the already-limited space" for independent media

A criminal court in Cairo has postponed the retrial of the prominent Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah, whose case has drawn international condemnation.

Wednesday's opening hearing was adjourned until 18 November after defence lawyers representing the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr requested a new judge.