Summary:

1. A sentence of five years in prison with hard labor against Engineer Ahmed Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, son of former presidential candidate Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh.
2. Supreme State Security Prosecution has a new case against activist Ahmed Douma, accusing him of publishing false news and statements, and then releasing him on L.E. 50,000 bail.
3. Acquittal of 37 citizens pending trial in 8 cases by order of the Supreme State Security Prosecution, on bail of their residences.
4. National Security in Mansoura releases pharmacist Dr. Salma Abdel Majeed and Ms. Shaima Taha Abdel Hamid Morsi after nine months of enforced disappearance.
5. Dozens of detainees in the New Valley Prison have gone on a hunger strike due to what they describe as systematic violations by the Ministry of Interior.

Details

• Public Prosecution:

Sunday, 27 July

• 10^th of Ramadan-I Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 4 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 Ahmed Shafei Ahmed El-Deeb, Ali Gamal Ali El-Sayyad, Ibrahim Mansour Mustafa, and Mohamed Ahmed El-Gohary.

Tuesday, 29 July

1. Zagazig Prosecution in Sharqia investigated both Mohamed Qutb and Gharib El-Suwaisy, 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.

Wednesday, 30 July

• Zagazig-II Prosecution in Sharqia investigated both Ahmed Hassouna and Omar Ayman after arresting them from their homes and putting them in 20 days enforced disappearance, and then accused them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements placing them in pretrial detention.
• 10^th of Ramadan-I Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Essam Abdel Ghaffar Youssef after arresting him from his home, and then accused him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements placing him in pretrial detention.

I.                Detention Renewal:

Sunday, 4 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. 1281 of 2024, 1413 of 2019, 1475 of 2019, 148 of 2017, 1539 of 2022, and 1568 of 2024 including journalists Yasser Abu Al-Ela and Ramadan Guwaida and cartoonist Ashraf Omar, 1739 of 2018, 1893 of 2022, 1940 of 2024, 2000 of 2021, and 1634 of 2022 including activist Sherif Al-Ruby. 2094 of 2022, 2369 of 2023, 2515 of 2022, 2526 of 2023, 2803 of 2024, 2992 of 2023. 3460 of 2023, 3615 of 2023, 4356 of 2024, 440 of 2022, 4400 of 2024, 4473 of 2024, 4940 of 2024, 5684 of 2024, 635 of 2022, 640 of 2018, 655 of 2024, 700 of 2017, 7169 of 2024, 717 of 2024, 759 of 2014, 7887 of 2014 including activist Marwa Sami Abu Zaid, 910 of 2021, 977 of 2024, Supreme State Security.

Monday, 28 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. 1001 of 2023, 1017 of 2020, 11234 of 2025, 1128 of 2024, 1394 of 2022, 1410 of 2024, 1517 of 2025, 1635 of 2022, 1644 of 2024 including student Omar Sami Al-Ansari and labor leader Shadi Muhammad, 166 of 2024, 1938 of 2024, 1939 of 2024, 1976 of 2023, 2 of 2025, 20 of 2025, 755 of 2024, 2032 of 2022, 2123 of 2023, 2124 of 2023, 2285 of 2024, 2627 of 2024, 2635 of 2023, 727 of 2023, 2802 of 2024, 2901 of 2023, 2902 of 2023, 2903 of 2023, 294 of 2023, 3277 of 2023, 3388 of 2023, 3459 of 2023, 3535 of 2023, 386 of 2012, 3718 of 2024, 385 of 2017, 392 of 2023, 4092 Of 2024, 4240 of 2024, 4278 of 2024, 460 of 2020, 467 of 2020, 4708 of 2024, 4939 of 2024, 5 of 2025, 5054 of 2024 including journalist Ahmed Bayoumi, 5055 of 2024, 523 of 2024, 535 of 2020, 573 of 2022, 585 of 2023, 6026 of 2024, 6082 of 2024, 6171 of 2024, 757 of 2024, 784 of 2024, 812 of 2020, 850 of 2025, 851 of 2025, 880 of 2020, 952 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
2. The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of student Ahmed Gamal Fouad for 15 days pending case No. 3562 of 2025 Supreme State Security, on charges of joining a terrorist group and publishing false news and statements.

II.             Acquittal:

Tuesday, 29 July

• Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to acquit activist Ahmed Douma on a L.E. 50,000 bail, after investigating him in Case No. 6021 of 2025 Supreme State Security, accusing him of publishing false news and statements.

Wednesday, 30 July

• Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to acquit 37 citizens in 8 cases on bail of their places of residence.

III.           Release:

Thursday, 5 June

1. National Security Agency in Mansoura, Daqahlia released both pharmacist Salma Abdel Majeed Abdullah and Ms. Shaima Taha Abdel Hamid Morsi, after 9 months of enforced disappearance, without bringing them before the investigating authorities.

IV.          Trials:

Sunday, 27 July

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 108 defendants including human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally, in Case No. 3202 of 2025, Katamia Felonies, known as the case of Katamia ISIS to the session of 28 October 2025.

Monday, 28 July

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 89 defendants, in Case No. 535 of 2025, Nasr City Felonies, known as the case of Nasr City ISIS to the session of 27 October 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 17 defendants, in Case No. 12989 of 2023, Agouza Felonies, known as the case of Agouza Terrorist Cell to the session of 19 September 2025.

Saturday, 2 August

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 3 defendants, in Case No. 1320 of 2024, Settlement Felonies, known in the medica as the case of Gabha Cell.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 25 defendants, in Case No. 286 of 2025, Settlement Felonies, known in the medica as the case of the structure of the administrative committees of the Muslim Brotherhood.

V.             Judicial Rulings:

Monday, 28 July

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison sentenced Engineer Ahmed Aboul Fotouh, son of the head of the Strong Egypt Party and former presidential candidate Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh to 5 years in prison with hard labour, in Case No. 440 of 2018, Supreme State Security, known in the media as the Strong Egypt Students Movement Case.

VI.          Statements and Information:

Monday, 28 July

• Ministry of Interior denied in a statement on its official page the reports circulating on a page regarding gatherings in a governorate, stating that those clips were old from 2019.

Wednesday, 30 July

• Ministry of Interior denied in a statement on its official page regarding an audio clip attributed to a person claiming to be a police officer, confirming that the individual resigned from his position more than two years prior due to a mental illness that prevented him from continuing his work, and that he had no connection to the police force.

VII.        Prison News:

Sunday, 27 July

• Karim Muhammad Abdo Badr died in his cell at the Saff Police Station, without an announcement of the cause of death.

Tuesday, 29 July

• Egyptian Network for Human Rights reported that dozens of detainees at the New Valley Prison had begun a hunger strike to protest what they described as the systematic policies of abuse against them by Ministry of Interior, most notably arbitrary transfers from Badr-I, Badr-III, and Wadi El Natroun prisons, despite their origins in Cairo and the Delta.

Legal Comment

Supreme State Security Prosecution has its fourth case against Ahmed Douma since his release in August 2023, in continuation of the intimidation and persecution of political activists and former prisoners of conscience who refuse to be subjugated and acquiesce to the authorities, in clear violation of constitutional guarantees, including freedom of expression and a fair trial.

This practice contributes to a climate of fear and creates hatred against not only the executive authority, but rather the judiciary as well, which serves as a cover for government repression.

The recent five-year prison sentence against Ahmed Aboul Fotouh, son of Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, head of the Strong Egypt Party and former presidential candidate, is nothing but a new example of the use of anti-terrorism laws against critics and the judiciary for political persecution.