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埃及记者莉娜·阿塔拉在法院下令关闭新闻网站后被拘留Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah detained after court orders news site's closure

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国际特赦组织称,对莉娜·阿塔拉的判决是“对新闻自由的沉重打击”(资料照片)Amnesty International called the verdict against Lina Attalah 'a crushing blow to press freedom' (file photo)

独立埃及新闻机构《马达马斯尔》主编在法院判决她经营无证网站并下令关闭该网站后被拘留,其律师表示。

The editor-in-chief of the independent Egyptian news outlet Mada Masr has been taken into custody after a court convicted her of managing an unlicensed website and ordered its closure, her lawyers say.

律师称,琳娜·阿塔拉将被羁押,直到缴纳新开罗轻罪法院判处的300万埃及镑(约合5.35万美元;4.01万英镑)罚款。这是该罪名的最高刑罚,她曾予以拒不认罪。

Lina Attalah will be held until she pays the fine of 3m Egyptian pounds ($53,500; £40,100) also handed down by the New Cairo Misdemeanours Court. It was the maximum possible penalty for the charge, which she had rejected.

人权组织国际特赦组织表示,该判决代表了“对新闻自由的毁灭性打击”。

The human rights group Amnesty International said the verdict represented "a crushing blow to press freedom".

这距离六名为独立核查平台“马特达什”工作的记者被指控属于被取缔的穆斯林兄弟组织仅过去几周。

It comes only weeks after six journalists working for the independent fact-checking platform Matsda2sh were charged with belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

根据保护记者委员会(CPJ)的数据,埃及是全球关押记者最多的国家之一,目前有25名记者身陷囹圄。

Egypt is among the top jailers of journalists globally, with 25 currently behind bars, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

人权组织称,自2013年阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·塞西总统领导军方推翻其前任、穆斯林兄弟组织领导人穆罕默德·穆尔西以来,他监督了前所未有的镇压异见行动。

President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has overseen what human rights groups say is an unprecedented crackdown on dissent since he led the military's overthrow of his predecessor, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi, in 2013.

数以万计的人被拘留,主要是兄弟组织官员和支持者,但也包括著名的世俗和自由派活动人士、媒体工作者和学者。

Tens of thousands of people have been detained, mainly Brotherhood officials and supporters but also leading secular and liberal activists, media workers and academics.

保护记者委员会表示,《马达马斯尔》成立于2013年,是埃及至关重要的批判性报道来源,长期因其新闻工作面临当局施压。

The CPJ said Mada Masr, which was founded in 2013, was a vital source of critical reporting in Egypt and that it had long faced pressure from authorities over its journalism.

该媒体监督机构补充称,自2018年通过新媒体法以来,该网站曾多次向最高媒体监管委员会(SMRC)申请经营许可证,但申请要么被拒,要么石沉大海。

The site had repeatedly sought an operating licence from the Supreme Media Regulatory Council (SMRC) since a new media law was passed in 2018, but that its applications were either rejected or left unanswered, the media watchdog added.

国际特赦组织表示,琳娜·阿塔拉还面临“多年的骚扰和恐吓”,包括因《马达马斯尔》的报道而遭遇的六起刑事调查。

Amnesty International said Lina Attalah had also faced "years of harassment and intimidation", including six criminal investigations over Mada Masr's reporting.

上周,检方传唤她接受讯问,指控其发布“虚假新闻”及无证经营网站。

Last week, prosecutors summoned her for questioning over allegations of publishing "false news" and operating a website without a licence.

《马达马斯尔》的律师表示,调查涉及该网站最近发布的一份关于全国各地监狱爆发抗议浪潮的报道,以及埃及国家媒体监管委员会(SMRC)关于其法律地位的一封信函。

Mada Masr's lawyer said the investigation included a recent report that the website had published about a wave of protests in prisons across the country, as well as a letter from the SMRC regarding its legal status.

阿塔拉获准保释,随后被移送新开罗轻罪法院受审,罪名是未经许可经营网站。

Attalah was released on bail and later referred to trial before the New Cairo Misdemeanours Court on the charge of operating a website without a licence.

在周二的庭审中,法官穆罕默德·穆巴拉克下令清场,仅允许阿塔拉、她的八人辩护团队以及埃及个人权利倡议组织(EIPR)负责人霍萨姆·巴赫加特留在法庭内。埃及个人权利倡议组织是一个独立人权组织。

During Tuesday's hearing, Judge Mohammed Mubarak ordered the courtroom to be cleared of everyone except Attalah, her eight-person defence team, and Hossam Bahgat, head of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), an independent human rights group.

巴赫加特对法新社表示,随后安保人员进入法庭,随后法官宣布法院驳回辩护方提出的若干程序性请求,并为阿塔拉指派了一名法院自选的律师。

Bahgat told AFP news agency that security personnel then filed in before the judge announced that the court was denying several procedural requests made by the defence and appointing its own lawyer for Attalah.

他说:“在一个令在场所有人震惊的举动中,法官在正式法庭笔录中记录,法院已指派一名来自律师协会的律师代表辩护方。”“莱娜本人当庭提出异议,反对由这名律师代表她,但法官拒绝将其记入法庭笔录。”

"In a move that astonished all those present, the judge recorded in the official court minutes that the court had appointed a lawyer from the Lawyers' Syndicate to represent the defence," he said. "Lina herself spoke up to object to this lawyer being appointed to represent her, which the judge refused to record in the court minutes.

他补充道:“在一个更令人震惊的转折中,法官接着代表这名律师——此人一言未发——口述动议,并将其录入正式记录。”

"In an even more shocking turn, the judge proceeded to dictate motions on behalf of this lawyer - who had not uttered a single word - and entered them into the official record," he added.

据巴赫加特称,法官随后宣布对阿塔拉处以罚款,并下令关闭《马达马斯尔》,“在辩护方的呼喊和抗议声中”,随后阿塔拉被拘留。

The judge then announced the fine for Attalah and ordered Mada Masr's closure "amid shouts and protests from the defence", before she was detained, according to Bahgat.

国际特赦组织警告称,法院的判决标志着埃及独立新闻业的“黑暗日子”,并要求推翻该判决。

Amnesty International warned that the court's verdict marked "a dark day for independent journalism" in Egypt and demanded that it be overturned.

该组织区域影响高级主任亚斯明·艾哈迈德表示:“这一严酷的裁决是多年来持续骚扰和不公正诉讼的顶点,旨在关闭该国为数不多的独立媒体声音之一。”

"This draconian ruling is the culmination of years of relentless harassment and unjust proceedings designed to shut down one of the country's last remaining independent media voices," said the group's senior director for regional impact, Yasmine Ahmed.

“莉娜·阿塔拉(Lina Attalah)绝不应因行使言论自由权利和履行新闻工作者职责而遭到起诉。”

"Lina Attalah should never have been prosecuted for exercising her right to freedom of expression and doing her journalistic job."

保护记者委员会(CPJ)区域主任萨拉·库达(Sara Qudah)表示:“如果埃及能够拘押该国最受尊敬的编辑之一并关闭她的新闻编辑室,那么该国没有任何一位独立记者是安全的。阿塔拉必须立即获释,且《马达马斯尔》(Mada Masr)必须被允许继续报道。”

CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah said: "If Egypt can put in custody one of its most respected editors and shut down her newsroom, no independent journalist in the country is safe. Attalah must be released immediately, and Mada Masr must be allowed to keep reporting."

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