Sisi’s thugs think they can get away with abducting Shady Zalat. Don’t let them | Omar Robert Hamilton

Egypt’s rulers want to silence Mada Masr, its last independent news outlet – but can only do so if the world consents

Editor’s note: as this piece was published, news broke of a raid on Mada Masr’s offices. Security forces left after over three hours, having detained at least three staff members including the editor-in-chief, Lina Attalah. Shady Zalat, the subject of this article, was released from detention on an outlying Cairo road an hour after the raid ended.

In the early hours of Saturday morning there was a loud banging on Shady Zalat’s door. He will have known they had come for him.

They are counting on fatigue, confusion, boredom – the friends of all authoritarians

Continue reading...

* This article was originally published here

Post a Comment

0 Comments