Summary:

1. State Security Prosecution investigated 28 citizens, including those arrested from the solidarity stand with Palestine.
2. Rotation of 20 citizens in Sharqia, to new cases by the Supreme State Security Prosecution.
3. The arrest of 15 citizens (both males and females) who protested against the Israeli aggression on Gaza in front of the Journalists Syndicate.
4. Renewing the imprisonment of hundreds by decisions of terrorism courts without any decision to release them. Ministry of Interior grants an exceptional visit to prisoners on Eid al-Fitr.
5. Renewing the imprisonment of hundreds of citizens by decisions of terrorism chambers in courts, without any decision to release them.

Details

I.                   Arrest and Detention (enforced disappearance)

Wednesday, 3 April

• Security forces at the Cairo arrested 15 citizens, after their participation in a protest in front of the Journalists Syndicate supporting Gaza. They are Hamad Abdel Karim Mohamed Ahmed, Ahmed Sobhi Abdel Zaher Hassanein, Wael Ahmed El Sayed Mohamed, Taher Gamal El Din Abdel Raseq El Said, Mahmoud Abdel Hadi Abdel Magied Gomaa, Mustafa Ahmed Ramadan Tawfiq, Abdel Karim Magdi Abdel Karim Eissa, Mustafa Nasr Abdel Salam Ismail, Mohamed Abdel Tawab Gomaa El Sayed, Omar Mahmoud Othman Ahmed, Noor Adel Hassanein, Mohamed Hassan Abdel Samie, Ahmed Mustafa Shaheen, Ahmed Mahmoud Khalifa, Ahmed Abdel Fattah

II.                Prosecution Investigations

• Supreme State Security Prosecution:

1. Supreme State Security Prosecution interrogated (during the newsletter’s coverage period) 28 citizens, and put them in pretrial detention for joining a terrorist group and financing and supplying a terrorist group.

• Public Prosecution:

Monday, 1 April

• Zagazig Prosecution Office in Sharqia investigated Muhammad Ibrahim Hussein, after arresting him from his home and enforcedly disappearing him for 7 days, and then accused him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false new.

III.             Rotation Pending New Cases:

Monday, 1 April

• Kafr Saqr Prosecution in Sharqia investigated both Amr Suleiman Hassan, and Ahmed Saeed, after disrupting the procedures for their release, and placed them in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.

 

Tuesday, 2 April

1. Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 7 citizens, after disrupting the procedures for their release at the beginning of last March, and then placed them in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news. They are Walid Muhammad Abd al-Wahid Nael, Islam Abd al-Al Abd al-Magied al-Aqili, Haitham Khairy Abd Allah, Muhammad Mohammad Abd al-Moneim, Muhammad Hassan al-Shafee Ibrahim, Abd al-Hamid Ali Abd al-Aziz al-Qarnawi, Ahmed Ali Abd al-Aziz al-Qarnawi.

 

Wednesday, 3 April

• Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated both Bilal Mahgoub Ahmed, and Amir Emad Muhammad, after disrupting the procedures for their release that followed serving a sentence of 7 years of aggravated imprisonment, and then placed them in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.

 

Thursday, 4 April

1. Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 9 citizens, after disrupting the procedures for their release at the beginning of last March, and then placed them in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news. They are Muhammad Hassan Muhammad Abu Rahma, Ahmed Hussein Eliwa, Muhammad Mansour Hassan, Muhammad Mohammad Ali Hassan Al-Naqraz, Ayman Muhammad Mahmoud Amin, Metwally Ahmed Muhammad Sharif, Muhammad Saber Muhammad Suleiman, Muhammad Abu Hashem Muhammad Hassan, Muhammad Abdullah Suleiman Abdullah

 

IV.            Detention Renewal:

Tuesday, 2 April

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, in Badr Prison heard detention renewal sessions for dozens of citizens held in pre-trial detention pending cases. Cases No. are 759 of 2014, 722 of 2015, 148 of 2017, 689 of 2017, 700 of 2017, 444 of 2018, 1332 of 2018, 1365 of 2018, 650 of 2019, 1413 of 2019, 549 of 2020, 647 of 2020, 647 of 2020, 647 of 2020, 1053 of 2020, 1107 of 2020, 755 of 2021, 883 of 2021, 911 of 2021, 2000 of 2021, 200 of 2022, 400 of 2022, 540 of 2022, 635 of 2022, 1095 of 2022, 1691 of 2022, 2094 of 2022, 2515 of 2022, 2723 of 2022, 1 of 2023, 60 of 2023, 145 of 2023, 258 of 2023, 294 of 2023, 440 of 2023, 93 1 of 2023, 1160 of 2023, 1816 of 2023, 2464 of 2023, 2526 of 2023, 2992 of 2023, Supreme State Security.

 

Wednesday, 3 April

1. Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of 2 workers of the Mahalla Spinning and Weaving Company; Wael Abu Zuwaid and Muhammad Mahmoud Tolba, for 15 days pending investigations, in Case No. 717 of 2024, on charges of joining a terrorist group and publishing false news and data.
2. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, in Badr Prison heard detention renewal sessions for dozens of citizens held in pre-trial detention pending cases. Cases No. are 630 of 2017, 623 of 2018, 706 of 2019, 1358 of 2019, 1480 of 2019, 535 of 2020, 970 of 2020, 977 of 2020, 1054 of 2020, 883 of 2021, 966 of 2021, 1000 of 2021, 1983 of 2021, 573 of 2022, 1391 of 2022, 1893 of 2022, 1893 of 2022, 1940 of 2022, 191 of 2023, 203 of 2023, 508 of 2023, 540 of 2023 including the student activist Moaz Al-Sharqawi, 744 of 2023, 1233 Of 2023, 1633 of 2023, 1973 of 2023, 1977 of 2023, 2901 of 2023, 2902 of 2023, 2989 of 2023, Supreme State Security.

 

Saturday, 6 April

• Zagazig Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber renewed the detention of 8 citizens for 15 days pending investigations on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, in Badr Prison heard detention renewal sessions for dozens of citizens held in pre-trial detention pending cases. Cases No. are 640 of 2018, 1480 of 2018, 1555 of 2018, 311 of 2019, 750 of 2019, 467 of 2020, 585 of 2020, 649 of 2020, 680 of 2020, and among the accused is journalist Medhat Ramadan, 1001 of 2020, 1006 of 2020, 1055 of 2020, 2556 of 2020, 628 of 2021, 910 of 2021, 2055 of 2021, 2056 of 2021, 2215 of 2021, 2693 of 2021, 4 of 2022, 85 of 2022, 907 of 2022, 1007 of 2022, 1473 of 2022, 1539 of 2022, 1634 of 2022, 1645 of 2022, 1650 of 2022, 1960 of 2022, 2070 of 2022, 2185 of 2022, 2194 of 2022, 2412 of 2022, 186 of 2023, 422 of 2023, 424 of 2023, 626 of 2023, 1468 of 2023, 1978 of 2023, 2152 Of 2023, 2369 of 2023, 2390 of 2023, 2727 of 2023, 2903 of 2023, Supreme State Security.

V.               Release:

Monday, 1 April

1. The security forces at Zagazig, Sharqia released 6 citizens, after completing the procedures for the validity of his release last February. They are Ashraf Al-Said Qutb, Yousry Muhammad Abdel Raseq, Muhammad Adel Al-Bahi, Eissa Muhammad Ismail, Mustafa Gomaa, and Tamer Al-Said.

Tuesday, 2 April

1. The security forces at Mashtoul Al-Souq Police Station in Sharqia released Gehad Abdul Rahman Islam Muhammad after completing the procedures for the validity of his release last February.
2. The security forces at 10^th of Ramadan-III Police Station in Sharqia released Mahsoub Al-Ahmadi Ibrahim and Mahmoud Hammad Shaaban after completing the procedures for the validity of their release last February by Zagazig Criminal Court and receiving the National Security signal.

Thursday, 4 April

1. The security forces at 10th of Ramadan Police Station in Sharqia released Ali Al-Said Ali Amin, after completing the procedures for the validity of his release last February by Zagazig Criminal Court and receiving the National Security signal.

VI.            Trials:

Monday, 1 April

1. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber –I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 17 defendants in the case known in the media as The Media Cell of the Muslim Brotherhood case to the session on 20 May 2024.

 

Tuesday, 2 April

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the trail of 1 defendant, in the case known in the media as The Cabinet Incidents Case to the session on 19 May 2024.

 

Wednesday, 3 April

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the trail of 1 defendant, in the case known in the media as burning Kafr Hakim Church to the session on 2 June 2024.

VII.         Judicial Rulings:

Thursday, 4 April

1. Hahia Misdemeanor Court of Appeal, Terrorism Chamber, ruled to accept the appeal by 9 defendants in forms and in substance, to reject it, and to uphold the appealed ruling, of 3 months prison and a fine of L.E. 500 each. They are Abd al-Rahman Ahmad al-Said Hussein Gazzar, Ali Abd al-Rahman Qassem, Islam Mustafa Abd al-Hamid, Nasser Muhammad Salim Nafea, Muhammad Mahmoud Abd al-Wahab, Mahmoud al-Said Samir, Mady Abd al-Hamid Hassan, al-Said Farghali al-Shaer, Ashraf Ahmad Muhammad Shanab

VIII.      Statements:

Saturday, 6 April

1. The Egyptian Ministry of Interior decided to grant 1 exceptional visit every day until Wednesday 24 April 2024. The visit is not counted among the visits scheduled for inmates. They visit is celebrating Eid Al-Fitr.

Legal Comment

One can describe this week as the rotation week, as Zagazig Public Prosecution Office in Sharqia investigated 20 citizens who had received judicial decisions of release for exceeding the maximum limit of pretrial detention.

Despite this, they once again entered the cycle of pretrial detention on the same charges, with their unjust imprisonment continuing without a crime or evidence.

 

Decisions continued to renew the imprisonment of hundreds of citizens from terrorist chambers in courts in prisons, without regard to the constitutional principle of protecting the personal freedom of citizens.

Among those hundreds is journalist Medhat Ramadan, who has been in prison for more than four years pending investigations in Case No. 680 of 2020, Supreme State Security.