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Egypt arrests entire fact-checking group. "The arrests bring the number of journalists detained in Egypt to 24. ….The interior ministry... [accused] the [6] journalists of running an unlicensed platform... ‘run from abroad’ and... spreading ‘fake news’." www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-d...
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Egypt detains entire newsroom of leading fact-checking platform over 'fake news' allegations
Reporters Without Borders denounces the arrests as the 'first' to target all staff of a media organisation, while more than 80 rights groups call for the journalists' immediate release