#WPFD2016 Drives Freedom, Safety, Rights for Journalists

As UNESCO held its World Press Freedom Day (#WPFD2016) conference this week, an Egyptian speaker lamented the declining state of liberty in her country amid fears she, too, faced prosecution for publishing content the government considered subversive.

"In a context where the political environment is not sensitive at all to the basics of human rights standards, it becomes really pointless to talk about legal instruments, and in the specific case of Egypt, two pieces of legislation about to pass are going to turn my life into a nightmare as well as those of many others," said Lina Atallah, co-founder and chief editor of Cairo-based Mada Masr.

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