Update: After this article was published, Egypt’s Public Prosecution announced that the Prosecutor-General had ordered the release of Basma Mostafa after she was questioned. Egyptian journalist Basma Mostafa, who works with local platform al-Manassa, was reportedly arrested by authorities in Luxor one day after her disappearance, according to statement released by her employer. News of her arrest also circulated social media, prompting questions on her whereabouts. According to al-Manassa, Mostafa traveled to Luxor on Saturday but then lost all contact with her employer. Later, the platform reported that prosecutors had interrogated Mostafa and ordered her to remain in custody for 15 days. “Mostafa’s last phone call before her disappearance on Saturday was at 11:15 am, when she arrived in Luxor, in which she said that a police officer stopped her and checked her identity and then allowed her to continue her walk, but he kept following her. After this call, all attempts to communicate with her failed, until she appeared at the State Security Prosecution in Cairo this afternoon,” the platform said in a statement. Lawyers Hala Doma and Abdel-Rady said that Mostafa faces accusations of spreading false news, using a…
Egyptian Journalist Basma Mostafa Released after Arrest in Luxor
October 5, 2020
