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Judiciary and Transitional Justice Bulletin Period: 16-30 June 2026
First: Trials and the Judiciary 1- Trials During the second half of June 2026, approximately 56 court hearings were held involving more than 2,000 defendants, most of them in State Security felony cases before the terrorism circuits at Badr Prison (“Badr Court Complex” inside Badr Prison), in addition to the appeal against the conviction of […]
Judiciary and Transitional Justice Bulletin Period: 1–15 June 2026
First: Trials and the Judiciary The first half of June 2026 witnessed numerous trials (nearly 100 trials) before the terrorism circuits – the First Terrorism Circuit headed by Judge Mohamed El-Saeed El-Sherbiny with Judges Wael Omran and Gharib Ezzat as members, and the Second Terrorism Circuit headed by Judge Wagdy Abdel Moniem with Judges Wael […]
Justice and Transitional Justice Bulletin May 2026
First: Trials Despite the relatively long Eid al-Adha holiday period, approximately 166 court hearings involving more than 700 defendants were held during May. Most of these proceedings were conducted before State Security felony circuits and terrorism chambers at Badr Prison Court Complex, in addition to the trial of activist Ahmed Douma before the Fifth […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 28 December – 3 January, 2025
Summary: Supreme Constitutional Court ruled that certain articles of the Penal Code (Articles 1/A and C, and the 2nd paragraph of Article 12 of the Counter Terrorism Law) are constitutional. Public Prosecution conducted inspections of Damanhour-II, Borg El Arab, and 15th of December prisons. Renewing the detention of hundreds of citizens pending Supreme State Security […]
Civil Society in Egypt.. December 2025 Political Parties, Syndicates and Human Rights
Section One: Political Parties Introduction: A sharp decline in popular participation—almost amounting to a boycott—has marked the parliamentary elections, which are still ongoing, amid the same level of public disengagement. Homeland Future Party (Mostaqbal Watan): Despite administrative court rulings invalidating election results in dozens of constituencies, the Future of the Nation Party remains the largest […]



