Summary:
State Security investigations continue into 42 citizens on charges of terrorism and spreading false news.
Security forces arrest citizens from Giza and Sharqia and then forcibly disappear them.
Sentencing Activist Mahmoud Mohamed, known as the T-shirt prisoner, to 3-years imprisonment with labor.
Rotation of 26 citizens in Sharqia, to new cases by the Supreme State Security Prosecution, after the disruption of procedures for their release.
The release of 25 citizens in a number of political cases.
Cairo Criminal Court Terrorism Chamber continues non-stop to renew the pretrial detention of thousands of citizens in State Security cases.
Ministry of Interior denies any demonstrations in support of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Details
Arrest and Detention (enforced disappearance)
Thursday, 27 June
Security forces arrested Shadia Hassan Hasan Said Al-Naggar, a member and a volunteer at the Ahmed Al-Tantawi campaign, from her home and took her to an unknown destination, without presenting her to any prosecution body.
Security forces in one of the security in 10th of Ramadan, Sharqia arrested Sami Abdel Aziz, from his home and took him to an unknown destination, without presenting him to any prosecution body.
Prosecution Investigations
Supreme State Security Prosecution:
Supreme State Security Prosecution interrogated (during the newsletter’s coverage period) 42 citizens, and put them in pretrial detention for joining a terrorist group and financing and supplying a terrorist group.
Public Prosecution:
Saturday, 29 June
Kafr Saqr Prosecution Office in Sharqia investigated both Mahmoud Shawqi and Mahmoud Ahmed Muhammad Shehata, after arresting them from their homes, and accused them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false new.
Rotation Pending New Cases:
Tuesday, 25 June
Darb Negm Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 3 citizens after disrupting the procedures for their release, and placed them in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news. They are Ammar Muhammad Ibrahim Bayoumi, Ahmed Muhammad Mohammad al-Said, and Ismail Mamdouh Radi.
Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 14 citizens after disrupting the procedures for their release, and placed them in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
Wednesday, 26 June
Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 6 citizens after disrupting the procedures for their release, and placed them in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
South Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 3 citizens after disrupting the procedures for their release, and placed them in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
Detention Renewal:
Sunday, 23 June
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, in Badr Prison heard detention renewal sessions for dozens of citizens held in pre-trial detention pending cases. Cases No. are 977 of 2017, 1335 of 2019, 1823 of 2019, 460 of 2020, 517 of 2020, 571 of 2020, 33 of 2021, 657 of 2021, 912 of 2021, 936 of 2021, 1 413 of 2021, 1624 of 2021, 1984 of 2021, 2055 of 2021, 2207 of 2021, 2313 of 2021, 40 of 2022, 1020 of 2022, 1752 of 2022, 1977 of 2022, 2154 of 2022, 2183 of 2022, 9 5 of 2023, 184 of 2023, 191 of 2023, 333 of 2023, 453 of 2023, 508 of 2023, 716 of 2023, 1232 of 2023, 1582 of 2023, 1976 of 2023, 2152 of 2023, 2369 of 2023, 2772 of 20 23, 3277 of 2023, 281 of 2024, 598 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
Monday 24 June
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, in Badr Prison heard detention renewal sessions for dozens of citizens held in pre-trial detention pending cases. Cases No. are 316 of 2017, 864 of 2020, 968 of 2020, 484 of 2021, 878 of 2021, 900 of 2021, 909 of 2021, 2032 of 2021, 2121 of 2021, 2213 of 2021 , 2285 of 2021, 2407 of 2021, 2467 Of 2021, 2544 of 2021, 2976 of 2021, 93 of 2022, 96 of 2022, 200 of 2022, 633 of 2022, 1564 of 2022, 1635 of 2022, 1958 of 203 1 of 2022, 2184 of 2022, 2365 of 2022 86 of 2023, 203 of 2023, 330 of 2023, 352 of 2023, 392 of 2023, 641 of 2023, 2064 of 2023, 2123 of 2023, 2153 of 2023, 2154 of 202 3, 2194 of 2023, 2635 of 2023, 2388 Of 2023, 2635 of 2023, 3226 of 2023, 3459 of 2023, 3620 of 2023, 166 of 2024, 524 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
Saturday, 29 June
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 867 of 2005, 725 of 2014, 29 of 2016, 471 of 2017, 1331 of 2018, 277 of 2019, 488 of 2019. including journalist Mustafa Al-Khateeb, 563 of 2019, 810 of 2019, including publisher E Ismail al-Qemary, 1118 AH 2019, 1318 of 2019, 1400 of 2019, 1470 of 2019, 1779 of 2019, 1780 of 2019, 58 of 2020, 502 of 2020, 534 of 2020, 558 of 2020, 730 L Of 2020, 786 of 2020, 1021 of 2020, 1056 of 2020, 1110 of 2020, 482 of 2021, 590 of 2021, 620 of 2021, 656 of 2021, 1690 of 2021, 1934 of 2021, 2714 of 2021, 2739 of 20 21, 5 of 2022, 305 of 2022, 1097 of 2022, 1633 of 2022, 1643 of 2022, 1654 of 2022, 2069 of 2022, 2182 of 2022, 2216 of 2022, 2572 of 2022, 185 of 2023, 192 of 2023, 4 40 of 2023, 524 of 2023, 717 of 2023, 1301 of 2023, 1973 of 2023, 2063 of 2023, 2203 of 2023, 2464 of 2023, 2527 of 2023, 3387 of 2023, 3391 of 2023, Supreme State Security.
Acquittal:
Wednesday 29 August
The state security prosecution decided to acquit 5 citizens. They are Ahmed Al-Said Muhammad Abd Al-Ghani Muhammad Youssef, Ahmed Ragab Abdul Latif Hassanein, Ahmed Muhammad Hanafi Mahmoud Attach, Muhammad Mahmoud Ahmed Muhammad Amer in Case No. 2070 of 2022, and Said Amin Moamen Ahmed in Case No. 2094 of 2022 Supreme State Security.
Wednesday, 26 June
The state security prosecution decided to acquit 15 pretrial detainees in Case No. 2094 of 2022, Supreme State Security.
Thursday 27 June
The state security prosecution decided to acquit 5 citizens. They are Khaled Abdullah Shaaban Al-Abd in Case No. 2094 of 2022, Ibrahim Foley Abdel Latif Wahba, Mohamed Said Ammar Mahmoud in Case No. 1893 of 2023, Mahmoud Magdi Hassan Abdel Samad in Case No. 325 of 2023, and Ahmed Gamal Zareef Salah El-Din in Case No. 508 of 2023, Supreme State Security.
Release:
Sunday, 23 June
The security forces in Sharqia released 4 citizens, after completing the procedures for the validity of his release by Zagazig Criminal Court. They are Abdel Latif Muhammad Abdel Latif, Ayman Abdel Moneim Musa, Abdel Hakim Abdel Galil, and Ashraf Al Azazi.
Saturday, 29 June
The security forces at Menia Al Qamh Police Station in Sharqia released 3 citizens, after completing the procedures for the validity of their release. They are Ahmed Muhammad Mohammad Al-Deeb, Radwan Muhammad Mohammad Marea, and Ahmed Saber Abdullah Attia.
Trials:
Monday, 24 June
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 1 defendant in the case known in the media as Specific Committees Cell case in Al-Marg case to the session on 14 September 2024.
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber, held in Badr Prison postponed the trail of 3 defendants, in the case known in the media as Terrorist Front Cell case to the session on 5 August 2024.
Saturday, 29 June
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison postponed the trail of 57 defendants, in the case known in the media as the case of the Specific Committees of the Muslim Brotherhood to the session in October 2024.
Judicial Rulings:
Tuesday, 25 June
Kafr El-Sheikh Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber, held in Wadi El-Natroun Prison, ruled to punish 1 defendants with the death penalty in the case known in the media as the case of converting to the ideology of the ISIS group and killing a police officer.
Wednesday, 26 June
Cairo Criminal Court ruled to punish activist Mahmoud Mohamed, known in the media as the T-shirt detainee, with 3-years imprisonment with labor in re-proceedings on the life sentence against him in absentia.
Saturday, 29 June
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison ruled to punish 1 defendant with 10 years of aggravated imprisonment in the case known in the media as the Abu Numros events case.
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison ruled to acquit 1 defendant in the case known in the media as the Boulaq Dakrour events case.
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison ruled to punish 1 defendant with 15 years in prison in the case known in the media as the assassination case of Major General Nabil Farrag.
Statements:
Saturday, 29 June
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior denied published news about demonstrations in support of Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria, clarifying that the clip was a demonstration by one of the political parties in support of Gaza after obtaining the necessary permits.
Legal Comment
Supreme State Security Prosecution continues to use the Anti-Terrorism Law to imprison citizens without evidence.
In this context, 42 citizens from different governorates appeared in the State office after arresting and charging them with the same aforementioned charges of “joining a banned group” and then imprisoning them for 15 days pending investigation.
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, in Badr Prison, closed the curtain on the trial of activist Mahmoud Mohamed in the case known in the media as the “T-shirt Detainee” case, and issued a 3-year prison sentence with labor on the grounds of accusing him of joining an illegal group and participating in a demonstration. The security forces arrested the activist from inside the courtroom, to complete serving the sentence, as he had spent about two years and ten months in pretrial detention pending the case in 2016.
On June 29th, Counselor Wagdi Abdel Moneim, head of Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison, continued to trample the Code of Criminal Procedure while examining the detention renewal session of more than 1000 male of female citizens pending the cases of the Supreme State Security Prosecution. Almost half are citizens whose detention has exceeded the maximum limit specified for pretrial detention by law. The Counselor decided to ask the lawyers present in the deliberation room to consider the renewal without the presence of the defendants, justifying it by the large number of detainees. A request that found rejection from the defense team as well as the leave in protest of more than 70 lawyers stressing that the detention renewal session is the only means of direct communication between the accused and his defense. The result was renewing the detention for all without defense present.