Summary:

1. The mother of political prisoner and Vice President of the Strong Egypt Party, Mohamed El-Qassas, passed away without allowing him to visit her, despite submitting a request to the Prisons Authority.
2. Postponing the trial of economist Abdel-Khaleq Farouk before the Misdemeanor Appeals Court of El-Shorouk and Badr pending a ruling on the recusal request.
3. Renewing the detention of researcher Hani Sobhi, researcher Ismail al-Iskandarani, and hundreds of other citizens in connection to state security cases.
4. Investigating 3 citizens in Sharqia after reappearing following periods of enforced disappearance.
5. Acquittal of 9 citizens pending trial in cases by order of the Supreme State Security Prosecution.
6. Ministry of Interior issued a statement denying reports of an explosion on the Ring Road in the direction of Shooting Square.

Details

I.                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.

Monday, 3 November

State Security Prosecution interrogated lawyer Rofida Mohamed El-Sayed, who was arrested at dawn from her home in Zagazig, Sharqia, and charged with joining a terrorist group and committing a crime of financing terrorism.

• Public Prosecution:

Sunday, 2 November

• 10^th of Ramadan-II Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Gamal Abdel Fattah Abu Al-Khair and Hesham Mohamed Abdel Sattar after arresting them from their homes, and then accused him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements placing him in pretrial detention.

Thursday, 6 November

1. Zagazig Partial Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Ahmed Samir Saleh after arresting him from his home, putting him in a month of enforced disappearance, and ten accusing him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements then placing them in pretrial detention.

II.             Detention Renewal:

Sunday, 2 November

• The Supreme State Security prosecution renewed the detention of 2 citizens for 15 days pending Supreme State Security cases, on charges of joining a group established in violation of the law and the constitution. They are Researcher Hani Sobhi in Case No. 7143 of 2025, and Investigative Researcher Ismail El-Iskandarani in Case No. 6469 of 2025.

Monday, 3 November

• Supreme State Security prosecution renewed the detention of 2 citizens for 15 days pending Supreme State Security cases, on charges of joining a group established in violation of the law and the constitution. They are Mohamed Adel Mabrouk in Case No. 6181 of 2025 and Mohamed Mohsen Zaki in Case No. 7136 of 2025.

Tuesday, 4 November

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. 65 of 2021 including activist Nermin Hussein, Case No. 2013 of 2021, Case No. 2207 of 2021, Case No. 440 of 2022, Case No. 1752 of 2022, Case No. 1977 of 2022, Case No. 95 of 2023, Case No. 716 of 2023, Case No. 2469 of 2023, Case No. 3460 of 2023, Case No. 288 of 2024, Case No. 1568 of 2024 including cartoonist Ashraf Omar and both journalists Ramadan Gouda and Yasser Abu El-Ela, Case No. 4473 of 2024, Case No. 4474 of 2024, Case No. 7430 of 2024, Case No. 9 of 2025, Case No. 1126 of 2025, Case No. 1127 of 2025 1183 of 2025, 1603 of 2025, 1604 of 2025, 1773 of 2025, 2025 of 2025, 2480 of 2025, 2640 of 2025, 3099 of 2025, 3562 of 2025, 3865 of 2025, 4025 of 2025, 4037 of 2025, 4127 of 2025, 4285 of 2025, 4649 of 2025, 4791 of 2025, 4880 of 2025, 4881 of 2025, 5000 of 2025, 5001 of 2025, 5003 of 2025, 5046 of 2025, 5197 of 2025, 5232 of 2025, Supreme State Security.

Wednesday, 5 November

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. 1898 of 2019, 662 of 2020, 41 of 2022, 2216 of 2022, 325 of 2023, 744 of 2023, 2468 of 2023, 2469 of 2023, 2558 of 2024, 2806 Of 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, 816 of 2025, 846 of 2025, 1125 of 2025, 1517 of 2025, 1248 of 2025, 1602 of 2025, 3722 of 2025, 5002 of 2025 Supreme State Security.

III.           Acquittal:

Monday, 3 November

• Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to acquit 9 citizens in cases on bail of their places of residence. They are Amgad Mohamed Eid El-Sayed, Ashraf Bayoumi Abdel-Hafiz, Ahmed Saad Mustafa Abu Auf, Ahmed Tarek El-Sayed Salama, Mustafa Mohamed Reda, Ahmed Abdel-Nasser Abdel-Karim, Hassanein Zaki Abdel-Latif, Ali El-Sayed Abdel-Wahab, and Youssef Eid Youssef.

IV.          Trials:

Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison reviewed 17 cases over 4 days and decided the following:

Sunday, 2 November

• Postponing the retrial of 1 defendant, in Case No. 17409 of 2025, Ain Shams, known in the media as the case of the Ain Shams ISIS to the session of 5 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 61 defendant, in Case No. 9644 of 2024, 5^th Settlement known in the media as the case of the Specialized Committees in the 5^th Settlement to the session of 17 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 53 defendants, in Case No. 6693 of 2024, Katamia Felonies, known in the media as the case of the Katamia Cell to the session of 24 December 2025.
• Postponing the retrial of 21 defendants, in Case No. 8666 of 2024, October-II Felonies, known in the media as the case of Specialized Committees in October to the session of 24 December 2025.
• Postponing the retrial of 11 defendants, in Case No. 23849 of 2024, Helwan Felonies, known in the media as the case of the Helwan terrorist Cell to the session of 4 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 8 defendants, in Case No. 1937 of 2025, Darb al-Ahmar Felonies known in the media as the case of Darb al-Ahmar Cell to the session of 4 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 292 defendants, in Case No. 1679 of 2024, New Cairo Felonies, known in the media as the case of the New Cairo ISIS Cell to the session of 4 January 2026.

Monday, 3 November

• Postponing the retrial of 6 defendants, in Case No. 4019 of 2025 October Felonies, known in the media as the case of October ISIS Cell to the session of 18 January 2026.

Tuesday, 4 November

• Postponing the retrial of 62 defendants, in Case No. 5604 of 2025 Nasr City Felonies, known in the media as the case of Nasr City Cell to the session of 17 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 6 defendants, in Case No. 4991 of 2025 El Salam Felonies, known in the media as the case of Al Salam ISIS Cell to the session of 4 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 1 defendant, in Case No. 14401 of 2025 Maadi Felonies, on charges of joining a terrorist group and disseminating false news and statements to the session of 23 December 2025.

Thursday, 6 November

Misdemeanor Appeals Court of El Shorouk and Badr postponed the trial of researcher and economic expert Abdel Khaleq Farouk in Case No. 4527 of 2025, El Shorouk Misdemeanors, a copy of Case No. 4937 of 2024, State Security, to 20 November 2025, pending a ruling on the defense’s recusal request.

Saturday, 8 November

• Postponing the retrial of 41 defendants, in Case No. 11149 of 2024, Nozha Felonies known in the media as the case of Nozha Terrorist Cell to the session of 31 December 2025.
• Postponing the retrial of 5 defendants, in Case No. 20905 of 2024, Nozha Felonies, known in the media as the case of Nozha Terrorist Cell to the session of 29 December 2025.
• Postponing the retrial of the defendants, in Case No. 157 of 2025, Zayed-II Felonies, known in the media as the Sheikh Zayed Administrative Structure case to the session of 12 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of the defendants in Case No. 9453 of 2024, Omrania Felonies, known in the media as the Omrania ISIS case, to the session of 11January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of the defendants, in Case No. 1430 of 2018, State Security, on charges of joining a terrorist group and committing crimes of financing terrorism to the session of 30 December 2025.
• Postponing the retrial of the defendants, in Case No. 68534 of 2024, Haram Felonies known in the media as the case of Haram Cell to the session of 7 February 2026.

V.             Prison News:

Monday, 3 November

• The wife of political prisoner and Vice President of the Strong Egypt Party, Mohamed El-Qassas, posted on her Facebook page that she had submitted a request to the Prisons Authority to allow her husband to leave prison and visit his ailing mother, whose health had deteriorated and whom he had not seen since his arrest in 2018.

Wednesday 6 November

1. She announced his mother’s death without him being able to visit her.

Legal Comment

The Ministry of Interior, represented by the Prisons Authority, ignored the request submitted by the wife of prisoner of conscience Mohamed El-Qassas to allow him to visit his ailing mother. This constitutes a blatant violation of a fundamental human right enshrined in the laws and regulations governing prisons, which obligate authorities to enable inmates to maintain human contact with their families in such exceptional circumstances.

The death of El-Qassas’s mother a few days after submitting the request, without him being able to see her since his arrest in 2018, is a continuation of a vindictive approach and cannot be considered a mere administrative oversight.

The restrictions of imprisonment have been transformed from a means of enforcing punishment into a tool of revenge that transcends both law and justice.

 

Pretrial detention renewal hearings are no longer a means of reviewing the legality of continued detention, but rather, they have become a mere formality,

emptying the law of its substance, and a blatant violation of the presumption of innocence, transforming pretrial detention into an actual punishment carried out without a verdict, in grave violation of the principle that freedom is the norm, and detention the exception.