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The detention and later release of Mada Masr Editor-in-chief Lina Attalah dominates the conversation on Egypt in the foreign press this morning.<\/strong> Attalah was detained for several hours yesterday after interviewing the mother of jailed activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, Laila Soueif, outside Torah Prison. Attalah was held at a police station in Maadi, but was released<\/a> on EGP 2k bail<\/a> yesterday evening. The story is getting wide attention: AFP<\/a> | AP<\/a> | Washington Post<\/a> | France24<\/a> | The Independent<\/a> | the Guardian<\/a> | Il Mattino<\/a> | Committee to Protect Journalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the foreign press:<\/strong> The Financial Times\u2019 Heba Saleh<\/a> looks at the slowdown businesses are facing as a result of lockdown measures the government has imposed over the past several weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The detention and later release of Mada Masr Editor-in-chief Lina Attalah dominates the conversation on Egypt in the foreign press this morning. Attalah was detained for several hours yesterday after interviewing the mother of jailed activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, Laila Soueif, outside Torah Prison. 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