UN rights office voices alarm on Egypt press freedom

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The UN human rights office condemned what it described as escalating pressure on press freedom in Egypt and called for detained journalists to be released. Egyptian police arrested all six staff members of fact-checking outlet Matsaddashin in September, accusing them of spreading misinformation linked to the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

GENEVA, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office voiced alarm on Tuesday about Egyptian authorities' widening assaults on press freedom and called for the immediate release of detained journalists. Egyptian police arrested the entire newsroom of fact-checking outletMatsaddashin September, accusing the six journalists of spreading misinformation ​for the banned Muslim Brotherhood, which the ‌publicationdenied.