International reaction to yesterday’s raid on news outlet Mada Masr continues to trickle in: EUObserver picked up a statement from an EU foreign relations spokesperson who said the arrests were “causes for concern.” Meanwhile, former FT Cairo correspondent Borzou Daraghi writes in the Independent that the move marks “another dreadful milestone” for the Egyptian press.

Other stories getting international attention:

  • Challenge to inheritance laws: Coptic woman Huda Nasrallah has won her legal battle for an equal share of her family’s inheritance (BBC)
  • Court hands death sentences to 2016 attackers: Seven people have been sentenced to death by a Cairo court after being found guilty of orchestrating an attack in 2016 that killed 11 policemen. (Associated Press)
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