Justice Newsletter

Observatory of Justice in Egypt 7 – 13 December, 2025

December 16, 2025

Summary: Summoning Journalist Ammar Ali Hassan appear before the Supreme State Security Prosecution for questioning. Rotation of 9 citizens in Sharqia on new cases after appearing following enforced disappearance. Renewing the detention of journalist Safaa al-Korbegi and hundreds of citizens pending Supreme State Security cases. Acquittal of Journalist Ahmed Refaat, editor-in-chief of Egypt News website […]

Observatory of Justice in Egypt 30 November – 6 December, 2025

December 8, 2025

Summary: Death sentence for 1 defendant and life imprisonment for 2 others in the case known in the media as the “Second Nusra Front Cell” case. Investigation of 4 citizens in Sharqia after their reappearance following various periods of enforced disappearance. Release of 9 citizens after finishing the procedures of their release and approval by […]

Observatory of Justice in Egypt 23 – 29 November 2025

November 30, 2025

Summary: Renewing the detention of journalist Safaa El-Korbegi and hundreds of citizens in connection with Supreme State Security cases. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, held at Badr Prison postpone the trials of 16 of cases during 4 days. Acquittal of 1 citizen by order of Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber in Sharqia. The Administrative Court overturns […]

Observatory of Justice in Egypt 16 – 22 November, 2025

November 23, 2025

Summary: The third trial of lawyer Hoda Abdel Moneim, after remanding her in custody in Case No. 800 of 2019, State Security Prosecution will be 16 December Ministry of Interior denied in a statement what activist Ahmed Douma had published regarding armed individuals following him at the Cairo Opera House. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, […]

Observatory of Justice in Egypt 9 – 15 November, 2025

November 17, 2025

Summary: State Security Prosecution investigates dozens of citizens, including lawyer and former candidate for the head of the Bar Association, Osama El-Shishtawy. Renewal of detention of activist Sherif El-Rouby while exceeding the maximum period for pretrial detention, along with hundreds of other citizens detained in connection with Supreme State Security cases. Terrorism chambers issue sentences […]

Observatory of Justice in Egypt 2 – 8 November, 2025

November 10, 2025

Summary: The mother of political prisoner and Vice President of the Strong Egypt Party, Mohamed El-Qassas, passed away without allowing him to visit her, despite submitting a request to the Prisons Authority. Postponing the trial of economist Abdel-Khaleq Farouk before the Misdemeanor Appeals Court of El-Shorouk and Badr pending a ruling on the recusal request. […]

Observatory of Justice in Egypt 26 October – 1 November, 2025

November 2, 2025

Summary: Postponing the trial of Eng. Yahya Hussein Abdel-Hadi to allow for recusal proceedings. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, renews the detention of hundreds of citizens pending Supreme State Security cases. Arrest and enforced disappearance of a citizen and his son from their home in Sharqia. Interrogation of citizens following periods of enforced disappearance in […]

Observatory of Justice in Egypt 19 – 25 October, 2025

October 26, 2025

Summary: Acquittal of Lawyer Montasser Al-Zayat on bail after investigation by the Financial and Commercial Affairs Prosecution. Exclusion of Engineer Haitham Al-Hariri from the list of candidates for the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Administrative Court upholds the ruling. Acquittal of 13 citizens pending trial in 2 cases on bail of their places of […]

Observatory of Justice in Egypt 12 – 18 October, 2025

October 20, 2025

Summary: Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, held at Badr Prison postpones the appeal from Ahmed Aboul Fotouh against the 5-year maximum security prison sentence. Renewal of detention for Media personality Safaa Al-Korbegi pending investigations by the Supreme State Security Prosecution. Citizen Saleh Ayed Rabie died inside his prison cell after his health deterioration in Menia […]

Observatory of Justice in Egypt 5 – 11 October, 2025

October 15, 2025

Summary: Acquittal of 38 citizens pending on bail by order of the Supreme State Security Prosecution A new case of enforced disappearance in Sharqia. Citizen Ahmed Hamed Bashandi died inside Badr Prison Hospital after his transfer from Abu Zaabal Prison following a deterioration in his health. Renewing the detention of detention of cartoonist Ashraf Omar […]

Observatory of Justice in Egypt From September 28 to October 4, 2025

October 5, 2025

Summary: Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, held at Badr Prison continues the trials of — of citizens Acquittal of Activist Ahmed Douma on bail after investigation in Case No. 7071 of 2025, Supreme State Security. Investigation of dozens of citizens in Sharqia on charges of terrorism. Granting an exceptional visitation for prisoners on the occasion […]

Observatory of Justice in Egypt 21 – 27 September, 2025

September 30, 2025

Summary: Presidential decree pardoning activist Alaa Abdel Fattah. Arrest and investigation of journalist Ismail Al-Iskandarani in Case No. 6469 of 2025. Renewing the detention of hundreds of citizens pending Supreme State Security cases. Security forces in Tanta arrest a citizen from his home and forcibly disappear him. Investigation and charging 9 citizens in Sharqia with […]