Summary:

1. Cairo Criminal Court cut off contact with Sherif El-Rouby while he was discussing his health condition during his detention renewal session.
2. Citizen Bilal Raafat Mohamed Ali died inside Menia Al-Qamh Hospital after his detention in Menia Al-Qamh Police Station in Sharqia.
3. Supreme State Security Prosecution released 65 defendants in 18 cases on bail.
4. Publishing the new Labor Law No. 14 of 2025 in the Official Gazette and making into force 3 months after its publication date.

Details

I.                Prosecution Investigations:

• Supreme State Security Prosecution:

During the bulletin’s coverage period; State Security Prosecution investigates dozens of citizens, under the Anti-Terrorism Law and remanded in custody.

• Public Prosecution:

Sunday, 4 May

• Zagazig Prosecution in Sharqia investigated citizen Abdel Rahman Khaled Kamal after arresting him from his home and putting him in 19 days enforced disappearance, and then accused him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements placing him in pretrial detention.
• Salhia Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 5 citizens after arresting them from their homes and accusing them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements then placing them in pretrial detention. They are Ali Mahmoud Ali, Omar Abdel Ghaffar Al-Ashri Al-Said Mohamed Khalil, Ibrahim Al-Daydamoni, and Imad Abes.

Wednesday, 7 May

1. Hussainia Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 3 citizens after arresting them from their homes and accusing them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements then placing them in pretrial detention.They are Sami Abdel Rahman Abdel Hamid, Mohamed El-Baz Mohamed, and Atef Ismail.

Thursday, 8 May

1. 10^th of Ramadan-III Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 6 citizens after arresting them from their homes, accusing them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements and then kept them in pretrial detention. They are Mohamed Abdel Mawla, Ahmed Essam, Seif Abdel Qader, Abdullah El Sayed, Reda Ahmed Mohamed, and Abu Bakr Ayman.
2. Zagazig Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 6 citizens after appearing from various periods of enforced disappearance charging them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements, then placed in pretrial detention. They are Anas Essam Abdel Ghani, Mustafa Mahmoud Mohamed, Mohamed Hamada Mohamed Ismail, Ammar El Sayed Saad Amin, Sohaib El Sayed, Riyad Ali Saadoun, Ibrahim Abdel Nasser, Ahmed El Khatib, and Reda Abdel Rahman.

II.             Detention Renewal:

Sunday, 4 May

• The Supreme State Security prosecution renewed the detention of 4 citizens for 15 days pending investigations into Case No. 2025 of 2025, Supreme State Security, on charges of joining a group established in violation of the law and the constitution. They are Omar Mahmoud Abdel Magied Mohamed, Hamdy Abdel Azim El Sayed Abdullah, Fadi Mohamed Hassan El Nahhas, and Hazem Saeed Mohamed Abdel Moatamed.

Tuesday, 6 May

1. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber -I, held at Badr Prison considered a session to renew the detention of hundreds of citizens pending cases Nos. 534 of 2020, 1056 of 2020, 590 of 2021, 2069 of 2022, 508 of 2023, 2063 of 2023 including journalist Mohamed Saad Khattab, 2194 of 2023, 2390 of 2023, 2527 of 2023, 3387 of 2023, 756 of 2024, 1408 of 2024, 1570 of 2024, 1641 of 2024, 2801 of 2024, 2810 of 2024, 3865 of 2024, 3973 of 2024, 5054 of 2024, 6171 of 2024, 6788 of 2024, 7239 of 2024, 7430 of 2024, Supreme State Security.

Wednesday, 7 May

1. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber -I, held at Badr Prison considered a session to renew the detention of hundreds of citizens pending cases Nos. 759 of 2014, 148 of 2017, 700 of 2017, 640 of 2018, 1739 of 2018, 1413 of 2019, 1475 of 2019, 910 of 2021, 2000 of 2021, 635 of 2022, 1539 of 2022, 1634 of 2022 including activist Sherif El-Rouby, 2094 of 2022, 2515 of 2022, 931 of 2023, 2369 of 2023, 2526 of 2023, 2992 of 2023, 3460 of 2023, 3615 of 2023, 655 of 2024, 664 of 2024, 717 of 2024, 1281 of 2024, 1940 of 2024, 4356 of 2024, 4400 of 2024, 4940 of 2024, 7169 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
2. The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of 12 citizens for 15 days pending case No. 2025 of 2025 Supreme State Security, on charges of joining a terrorist group and publishing false news and statements. They are Mohamed Ibrahim Mahmoud Fahmy Ali, Othman Al-Gawhari Othman Othmann, Hussein Mohamed Hassan Al-Tinawi, Ali Salah Ali Saleh, Mustafa Mostafa Mahmoud Ahmed Issa, Mahmoud Abdel-Majeed Abdel-Magied Moaz, Al-Sayed Othman Mohamed Ghaly, Ali Ahmed Mahmoud Shahat, Mohamed Issa Rashad Abdel-Rahim, Mustafa Hamdi Ibrahim Al-Mansi Badr, Mohamed Adel Mohamed Saleh Al-Deeb, and Mohamed Ahmed Ali Abdel-Hamid.

III.           Acquittal:

State Security Prosecution in Cairo decided to acquit 11 citizens on bail in Case No. 2384 of 2025, on charges of spreading false news and statements after posting on social media about the case of the child Yassin in Beheira.

Wednesday, 7 May

• Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to acquit 54 citizens in 17 cases on bail of their places of residence.
• 10^th of Ramadan Misdemeanor Appeals Court in Sharqia accepted the appeal from 3 citizens against their pretrial detention and ordered their acquittal with precautionary measures. They are Emad Abdel Wahab, Abdel Moneim El Gohary, and Abdel Rahman Mohamed.

IV.          Trials:

Sunday, 4 May

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 70 defendants, in Case No. 56 of 2025, known as the case of the Administrative Committees Cell to the session of 15 June 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 12 defendants, in Case No. 72 of 2021, known as the case of the “Manassa Events” to the session of 12 June 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 9 defendant, in Case No. 8629 of 2011, Sayeda Zainab, known as the case of the Cabinet Events to the session of 6 July 2025.

Tuesday, 6 May

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 29 defendants, in Case No. 15100 of 2024, Nasr City-I Felonies, known as the case of he “Currency Cell to the session of 16 June 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 7 defendants, in Case No. 19782 of 2024, Nasr City-I Felonies, known as the case of the “Nasr City Cell” to the session of 16 June 2025.

Saturday, 10 May

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 19 defendants including activist Moaz El-Sharqawi, in Case No. 13330 of 2023, Marg Criminal Court, known in the medica as the case of Marg 3^rd
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 9 defendants, in Case No. 13555 of 2024, Helwan Criminal Court, known in the medica as the case of Delta ISIS Cell.

V.             Decisions and legislation:

Saturday, 3 May

1. The Official Gazette publishes Law No. 14 of 2025 regarding the issuance of the new Labor Law, with the new law to take effect 3 months after its publication.

VI.          Actions of Public Prosecution

During the Whole Week

• State Security Prosecution, referred cases numbers Nos. 1978 of 2023, State Security, involving 62 defendants; 185 of 2023, involving 90 defendants; and 540 of 2023, involving 71 defendants to the Cairo Court of Appeal to set a session before the terrorism circuits to consider the matter.

VII.        Prison News:

Monday, 5 May

• Bilal Raafat Mohamed Ali, a citizen in pretrial detention in Menia al-Qamh Hospital in Sharqia, died after health deterioration, resulting in a brain hemorrhage and a coma in his cell at Menia al-Qamh Police Station.

Legal Comment

The head of Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison

directed the phrase “Don’t attack anyone” to activist Sherif El-Rouby, then the remote renewal screen was turned off while El-Rouby was speaking.

This is a clear violation of his right to express his health condition and defend himself, especially since El-Rouby’s statement during his speech was only limited to recounting the health struggles he had endured, including his transfer to the prison hospital, having an MRI scan, while not being informed of the results, and only being given painkillers, despite his suffering from inflammation of the seventh nerve.

All of this raise concerns about the effectiveness of remote renewal sessions

and their transformation into a means of isolating defendants from their court judges.

The release of the 65 pretrial detainees could be a step toward achieving justice, that we hope will include others, and that the National Security Agency will stop its security persecution of citizens as well as ordering their detention based on false investigations, which only exacerbates the cycle of pretrial detention.