Summary:

1. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, held at Badr Prison renews the detention of hundreds of citizens in terrorism cases.
2. Supreme State Security Prosecution orders the acquittal of dozens of citizens in Sharqia.
3. Postponing the trial of Engineer Yahya Hussein Abdel Hadi and hundreds of other citizens before the terrorism courts held at Badr Prison.
4. Investigating dozens of citizens in Sharqia on the repeated charges under the Anti-Terrorism Law.

Details

I.                Arrest and Enforced Disappearance:

Wednesday, 17 September

1. Security forces at 10^th of Ramadan Police Station in Sharqia arrested citizen Mohamed El-Sayed Rashad from his home and took him to an unknown location, without presenting him to any investigation authority.

II.             Prosecution Investigations:

• Supreme State Security Prosecution:

During the bulletin’s coverage period; State Security Prosecution investigates dozens of citizens, who reappeared following varying periods of enforced disappearance, under the Anti-Terrorism Law and remanded in custody.

• Public Prosecution:

Monday, 15 September

• Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 8 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 Islam Shaheen, Issa Mohamed Issa, Dr. Ahmed Abdullah, Mohamed Gamal, Mohamed Lotfi Abdel Latif, Osama Abu Hatab El-Sayed, Omar El-Sharqawi, and Mohamed Abdel Hamid Abdel Moneim Salama.

Wednesday, 17 September

1. Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Mohamed El-Sayed Rashad El-Sayed after arresting him from his home and putting him in 5 days enforced disappearance, and then accused him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements placing him in pretrial detention.
2. 10^th of Ramadan-I Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Anas Mustafa Mahmoud Ewes after arresting him from his home at dawn, and then accused him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements placing him in pretrial detention.
3. Kafr Saqr Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Ahmed Abdullah Abdel Qader after arresting him from his work at the General Hospital, and then accused him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements placing him in pretrial detention.

III.           Detention Renewal:

Monday, 15 September

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. 205 of 2015, 1365 of 2018, 1530 of 2019, 1564 of 2022, 2064 of 2023, 3226 of 2023, 3620 of 2023, 165 of 2024, 282 of 2024, 664 of 2024, 1282 of 2024 including journalist Khaled Mamdouh, 2807 of 2024, 2480 of 2024, 2687 of 2024, 3528 of 2024, 3972 of 2024, 4277 of 2024, 4499 of 2024, 6170 of 2024, 6499 of 2024 including journalist Sayed Saber, 6672 of 2024, 7278 of 2024, 3 of 2025, 849 of 2025, 1127 of 2025, 1603 of 2025, 1773 of 2025, 2844 of 2025, 3099 of 2025, Supreme State Security.

Tuesday, 16 September

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. 621 of 2020, 915 of 2021, 2174 of 2021, 2135 of 2022, 2152 of 2023, 2464 of 2023, 281 of 2024, 665 of 2024, 2490 of 2024, 3434 of 2024, 924 of 2025, Supreme State Security.

IV.          Acquittal:

Tuesday, 16 September

• Belbeis Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber decided to acquit 16 citizens on bail of their place of residence.

Wednesday, 17 September

• Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharqia decided to acquit 5 citizens on bail, on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news. They are Al-Moatasem Bellah Saeed Mohamed, Mahmoud Hamdy, Ammar Al-Sayed Abdel-Wahab, Mustafa Abdullah, and Ezz Abdullah.

Thursday, 18 September

1. Supreme State Security Prosecution in Cairo decided to acquit 20 citizens in 14 cases on bail, including activist and teacher Yahya Ibrahim Abdel Rahim Shehata in Case No. 2207 of 2021. However, he had not been released until this was published.

V.             Trials:

Sunday, 14 September

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 8 defendants, in Case No. 18600 of 2024, Nasr City-I Felonies, known in the media as the case of Nasr City ISIS to the session of 11 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 4 defendants, in Case No. 283 of 2025, Hadaeq El-Qubba Felonies known in the media as the case of the Hadaeq El-Qubba Cell to the session of 27 October 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 34 defendants, in Case No. 15657 of 2024, Dokki Felonies, known in the media as the case of Dokki Cell to the session of 11 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 1 defendant, in the case known in the media as the case of Alf Maskan Violent Events to the session of 12 October 2025.

Monday, 15 September

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 5 defendants, in Case No. 14406 of 2024, Helwan Felonies, known in the media as the case of Helwan ISIS to the session of 22 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 78 defendants, in Case No. 19115 of 2024, Nasr City-I Felonies, known in the media as the case of Nasr City Cell to the session of 9 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 25 defendants, in Case No. 194 of 2025, Qattamia Felonies, known in the media as the case of Qattamia Cell to the session of 12 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 6 defendants, in Case No. 31369 of 2023, Marg Felonies, known in the media as the case of Marg Cell to the session of 14 October 2025.

Tuesday, 16 September

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of Engineer Yahya Hussein Abdel Hadi, in Case No. 8197 of 2025, Nasr City-I Felonies, on charges of publishing and broadcasting false news and statements and promoting the aims of a terrorist group to the session of 19 October 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 115 defendants, in Case No. 5490 of 2024, Qasr El-Nile Felonies, known in the media as the case of Armed Groups Cell to the session of 23 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 111 defendants, in Case No. 31947 of 2022, Marg Felonies, known in the media as the case of Hasm and Lewaa El-Thawra to the session of 25 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 10 defendants, in Case No. 19719of 2024, Nasr City Felonies, known in the media as the case of Specialized Work Committees to the session of 23 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 3 defendants, in Case No. 3257 of 2023, Marg Felonies, known in the media as the case of Marg Cell to the session of 13 October 2025.

Wednesday, 17 September

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 32 defendants, in Case No. 69091 of 2024, Haram Felonies, known in the media as the case Haram Cell to the session of 9 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 41 defendants, in Case No. 11149 of 2024, Nozha Felonies, known in the media as the case of Nozha Cell to the session of 8 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 9 defendants, in Case No. 13402 of 2024, Settlement Felonies, known in the media as the case of Currency Network Cell to the session of 22 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 17 defendants, in Case No. 12989 of 2023, Agouza Felonies, known in the media as the case of Agouza second Cell to the session of 22 November 2025.

Saturday, 20 May

• 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 media as the case of Specialized Work Committees
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 9 defendants, in Case No. 8409 of 2025, Bassateen Felonies, known in the media as the case of the Bassateen Terrorist Cell
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 61 defendant, in Case No. 9644 of 2024, Fifth Settlement Felonies, known in the media as the case of Fifth Settlement Committees Cell.

VI.          Prison News:

Tuesday, 16 September

• The Egyptian Network for Prisons published a testimony on its Facebook page stating that an officer (a doctor) in the orthopedics department of the 10^th of Ramadan-IV Prison Hospital, harassed and verbally assaulted female prisoners, especially young ones, and demanded that they undress without any justification.

Legal Comment

Sharqia continues to be a target and a model of ongoing and horrific abuse, with the news of the acquittal of dozens of citizens, followed by the arrest of dozens more on fabricated charges without evidence, has become a common and frequent occurrence.

This is a clear and blatant violation and absence of the law and accountability, and represents a violation not only of the police, but also of the prosecution, which neither investigates nor cares about the lack of evidence to support the imprisonment of dozens of innocent citizens almost every week.