The faces of the six Matsaddaqsh journalists displayed by the media, which asks on X: “Where is the Matsaddaqsh team? 48 hours without news from the six journalists.” (Image taken from the Matsaddaqsh X account)
They couldn't help themselves. On Oct. 1, 48 hours after the arrest in Egypt of the six journalists who make up the editorial team of Matsaddaqsh (literally: "Don't believe it"), the independent media outlet specializing in combating disinformation, denied, in a message on X, "six false pieces of information" found in an Interior Ministry statement published shortly before to justify their detention. Mohammad Ashraf Abu Emeira and Abdallah Qadry were arrested late on the evening of Monday, Sept. 28. The next day, Islam Barakat and Omar Helal were detained in their homes, in the governorates of Gharbiah and Port Said respectively, while Mohammad Mahmoud and Mohammad Adel were arrested in Cairo. On the morning of Oct. 1, the Interior Ministry claimed that Matsaddaqsh was "part of the media committees of the...
They couldn't help themselves. On Oct. 1, 48 hours after the arrest in Egypt of the six journalists who make up the editorial team of Matsaddaqsh (literally: "Don't believe it"), the independent media outlet specializing in combating disinformation, denied, in a message on X, "six false pieces of information" found in an Interior Ministry statement published shortly before to justify their detention. Mohammad Ashraf Abu Emeira and Abdallah Qadry were arrested late on the evening of Monday, Sept. 28. The next day, Islam Barakat and Omar Helal were detained in their homes, in the governorates of Gharbiah and Port Said respectively, while Mohammad Mahmoud and Mohammad Adel were arrested in Cairo. On the morning of Oct. 1, the Interior Ministry claimed that Matsaddaqsh was "part of the media committees of...
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