Every time World Press Freedom Day comes along I can’t help but recall standing as a defendant in an Egyptian court that same day in 2014 before a judge known as “The Executioner.” I grappled then with the absurd accusations that left two colleagues and me internationally branded as members of the Muslim Brotherhood, a designated terrorist group in many countries. My journalistic integrity had been maligned, and our reporting labelled as “fake news” that supported the Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamist agenda.
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