Summary:

1. Renewing the detention of hundreds of citizens pending Supreme State Security cases.
2. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, held at Badr Prison continues hold mass trials of hundreds of citizens, with many fainting due to overcrowding in the cells.
3. State Security Prosecution continues investigating dozens of citizens under Terrorism Law.
4. A citizen died inside a transport vehicle during transfer from Borg El Arab Prison Hospital to the courtroom at Badr Prison.
5. Death penalty to a defendant in the case known in the media as the assassination of Major General Nabil Farag.

Details

I.                Prosecution Investigations:

• Public Prosecution:

Tuesday, 15 July

• 10^th of Ramadan Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Mohamed Sharaf after arresting him from his home and putting him in — days enforced disappearance, and then accused him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements placing him in pretrial detention.

II.             Detention Renewal:

Sunday, 13 July

1. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber -II, held at Badr Prison considered a session to renew the detention of hundreds of citizens pending cases Nos. 550 of 2014, 1301 of 2018, 1480 of 2019, 1898 of 2019, 662 of 2020, 2397 of 2021, 41 of 2022, 1516 of 2022, 2216 of 2022, 325 of 2023, 744 of 2023, 2468 of 2023, 2991 of 2023, 3391 of 2023, 3510 of 2023, 715 of 2024, 2558 of 2024, and 2806 of 2023. 2024, 3435 of 2024, 3529 of 2024, 4091 of 2024, 4334 of 2024, 4399 of 2024, 6671 of 2024, 6788 of 2024, 1 of 2025 (copied from 900 of 2017), 4 of 2025, 816 of 2025, 846 of 2025, 1125 of 2025, 1517 of 2025 Supreme State Security.

Tuesday, 15 July

1. The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of Mohamed Hussein Mohamed pending case No. 4037 of 2025 Supreme State Security, on charges of joining a terrorist group and publishing false news and statements.
2. The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of journalist Magdy Ghoneim for 15 days pending case No. 4480 of 2025 Supreme State Security, on charges of joining a terrorist group and publishing false news and statements.
3. The Supreme State Security prosecution renewed the detention of 2 citizens for 15 days, on charges of joining a group established in violation of the law and the constitution. They are Bassem Mohamed Khedr El-Sayed in Case No. 1773 of 2025 and Nader Kamal Mohamed in Case No. 1603 of 2025.

Saturday, 19 July

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. 1056 of 2020, 1125 of 2025, 1126 of 2025, 1127 of 2025, 1248 of 2024, 1408 of 2024, 2527 of 2801 of 2024, 534 of 2020, 2063 of 2023 including journalist Mohamed Saad Khattab, 2069 of 2022, 2390 of 2023, 2810 of 2024, 32 of 2025, 3387 of 2023, 3865 of 2024, 3973 of 2024, 5053 of 2024, 508 of 2023, 7239 of 2024, 590 of 2021, 756 of 2024, 847 of 2025, 925 of 2025, 3865 of 2024, 9 of 2025, Supreme State Security.

III.           Acquittal:

Tuesday, 15 July

• Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharqia decided to acquit both Azouz Ahmed Abdel Halim, Abdel Salam Gamal El-Din Ali El-Sayed on bail of their residence, on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.

IV.          Trials:

Sunday, 13 July

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 54 defendants, in Case No. 14255 of 2024, Nasr City-I, known as the case of the Administrative Structure of the Muslim Brotherhood in Nasr City, to the session of 13 October 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 6 defendants, in Case No. 31369 of 2023, Marg, known as the case of the Marg Terrorist Cell to the session of 15 September 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 214 defendants, in Case No. 11678 of 2024, 5^th Settlement, known as the case of ISIS cell to the 15 October 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 73 defendants, in Case No. 1172 of 2024, 5^th Settlement, known as the case of the Specialized Committees to the session of 13 October 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 23 defendants, in Case No. 18739 of 2024, known as the case of the Specialized Committees Cell in Nasr City to the session of 27 September 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 56 defendant, in Case No. 4132 of 2025, known as the case of the Administrative Structure of the Muslim Brotherhood to the session of 28 September 2025.

Monday, 14 July

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 32 defendants, in Case No. 69091of 2024, Haram Felonies, known as the case of Haram Cell to the session of 17 September 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 64 defendants, in Case No. 2000 of 2023, New Cairo Felonies, known as the case of New Cairo Cell to the session of 13 October 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 10 defendants, in Case No. 19719 of 2024, Nasr City Felonies, known in the media as the case of the Specialized Committees Cell to the session of 16 September 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 6 defendants, in Case No. 13052 of 2022, known in the media as the case of Agouza Terrorist Cell to the session of 11 August 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 25 defendants, in Case No. 194 of 2025, Katamia Felonies, known in the media as the case of the Administrative Structure of the Muslim Brotherhood in Katamia to the session of 15 September 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 65 defendants, in Case No. 7433 of 2025, 1^st Settlement, known in the media as the case of the Administrative Structure of the Muslim Brotherhood to the session of 14 October 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 86 defendants, in Case No. 7347 of 2025, Nozha Felonies, known in the media as the case of Nozha Cell to the session of 25 October 2025.

Saturday, 19 July

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 6 defendants, in Case No. 8 of 2025, Boulaq Felonies, known in the medica as the case of the Boulaq Abu al-Ela Cell case, due to the inability of the defendants to attend.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 21 defendants, in Case No. 8666 of 2024, October-II Felonies, known in the medica as the case of the Specialized Committees Cell in October, due to the inability of the defendants to attend.

V.             Judicial Rulings:

Saturday, 13 July

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison sentenced 1 defendant to death by hanging in Case No.938 of 2014, known in the media as the assassination of Major General Nabil Farag.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison sentenced 1 defendant to life in prison and another to 15 years in hard labour in prison in Case No. 6482 of 2022, Shorouk Felonies, known in the media as the case of Ismailia Cell.

VI.          Prison News:

Sunday, 13 July

• Egyptian Network for Human Rights ENHR posted on its Facebook page the death of citizen Reda Ali Mansour inside a prison transport vehicle during his transfer from Borg El Arab Hospital to Cairo Criminal Court in Badr Prison.

Legal Comment

Holding dozens of trials simultaneously inside Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison, and the presence of hundreds of defendants in the dock, raises serious questions about the commitment of the judicial authorities to fair trial standards and guarantees.

Numerous defendants have been observed suffering from collapse and severe fatigue due to the overcrowding inside the cage, without any significant attention to this by the court, ignoring the humanitarian and health conditions surrounding the sessions.

Furthermore, transforming prison halls into closed courts, where cases and defendants are crowded together in inhumane conditions, undermines the principle of public hearings as well as isolates defendants from their lawyers and families, not to mention that it creates an unfavorable environment in terms of achieving justice, and even perpetuates a pattern of “formal justice” that undermines the substance of trials.