Summary:

1. State Security Prosecution investigates dozens of citizens, including lawyer and former candidate for the head of the Bar Association, Osama El-Shishtawy.
2. Renewal of detention of activist Sherif El-Rouby while exceeding the maximum period for pretrial detention, along with hundreds of other citizens detained in connection with Supreme State Security cases.
3. Terrorism chambers issue sentences of life imprisonment and acquittal in terrorism cases.
4. President of the Republic issues the Code of Criminal Procedure and publishes it in the Official Gazette.
5. Death of citizen Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed Saeed inside his Giza Central Prison cell.
6. Rotation of numerous citizens in Sharqia to new prisons in connection with new cases.
7. Granting an exceptional visit to prisons as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign.

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.

Wednesday, 12 November

1. Supreme State Security Prosecution interrogated Lawyer and former candidate for the Bar Association presidency, Osama El-Shishtawy, after reappearing following a two-day disappearance, in Case No. 8448 of 2025, State Security, on charges of joining a terrorist group and deliberately spreading false news and statements.

• Public Prosecution:

Sunday, 9 November

• Zagazig Partial Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 5 citizens after arresting them from their homes, placing them in 35 days of enforced disappearance and then accusing them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements then placing them in pretrial detention. They are Ammar Al-Ghamri, Mohamed Abdel-Hamid Dahabeah, Khaled Farouk, Nader Ahmed Hassan, and Ahmed Fathi Atwa.

Monday, 10 November

1. Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Haitham Moasad Abdel-Azim Ibrahim and Musab Fawzi Abdel-Wahid Ismail 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.

Wednesday, 12 November

1. 10^th of Ramadan Prosecution in Sharqia investigated brothers Ibrahim Hassan Mohamed and Sherif Hassan Mohamed 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.

II.            Rotation

Sunday, 9 November

• Ibrahimia Prosecution in Sharqia rearrested and interrogated Al-Mutasim Bellah Saeed, following appearing from a 55-days enforced disappearance, on charges of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and statements, and was placed in pretrial detention.

Thursday, 13 November

1. Faqous Partial Prosecution in Sharqia rearrested and interrogated Mohamed Mahmoud Gab Allah, on charges of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and statements, and was placed in pretrial detention.

III.          Detention Renewal:

Monday, 9 November

• The Supreme State Security prosecution renewed the detention of journalist Safaa al-Korbegi for 15 days on charges of joining a group established in violation of the law and the constitution.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber -II, held at Badr Prison considered a session to renew the detention of hundreds of citizens pending cases Nos. Case No. 853 of 2021, Case No. 2069 of 2022, Case No. 508 of 2023, Case No. 2063 of 2023 including journalist Mohamed Saad Khattab, Case No. 2390 of 2023, Case No. 2801 of 2024, Case No. 2810 of 2024, Case No. 3865 of 2024, Case No. 3973 of 2024, Case No. 5053 of 2024, Case No. 7239 of 2024, Case No. 32 of 2025, Case No. 847 of 2025, Case No. 925 of 2025, Case No. 1126 of 2025, Case No. 1601 of 2025, Case No. 2480 of 2025, Case No. 2687 of 2025, Case No. 4024 of 2025, Case No. 4025 of 2025 2025, 4285 of 2025, 5046 of 2025, 5466 of 2025, Supreme State Security.

Tuesday, 11 November

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. Case Nos. 759 of 2014, 700 of 2017, 1739 of 2018, 1413 of 2019, 910 of 2021, 635 of 2022, 1634 of 2022 including activist Sharif Al-Rouby, 1893 of 2022, 2094 of 2022, 2526 of 2023, 3615 of 2023, 655 of 2024, 717 of 2024, 977 of 2024, 1281 of 2024, 2803 of 2024, 4356 of 2024, 4400 of 2024, 4940 of 2024, 5684 of 2024 7169 of 2024, 7887 of 2024, 1518 of 2025, 1772 of 2025, 2488 of 2025, 3099 of 2025, 3337 of 2025, 3723 of 2025, 3865 of 2025, 4526 of 2025, 7187 of 2025, Supreme State Security.

IV.         Release:

Monday, 10 November

1. Security forces at Menia Al-Qamh Police Station in Sharqia released Mohamed Abdel-Magied Saad al-Telbani in implementation of a decision by the Supreme State Security Prosecution to release.

V.            Trials:

Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers I and II, as well as Terrorism Appeals Chamber, held in Badr Prison reviewed cases over 5 days and decided the following:

Sunday, 9 November

• Postponing the retrial of 10 defendants, in Case No. 22768 of 2024, New Cairo Felonies, known in the media as the case of New Cairo Cell case to the session of 29 December 2025.

Monday, 10 November

• Postponing the retrial of 37 defendants, in Case No. 14489 of 2024, New Cairo Felonies, known in the media as the case of the “Masked Cell” to the session of 24 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 23 defendants, in Case No. 18739 of 2024, New Cairo Felonies known in the media as the case of the “Specialized Committees Cell” to the session of 26 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 39 defendants, in Case No. 1572 of 2024, New Cairo Felonies, known in the media as the case of the Administrative Structure of the Muslim Brotherhood to the session of 28 December 2025.
• Postponing the retrial of 17 defendants, in Case No. 19783 of 2024, Nasr City-I Felonies, known in the media as the case of of the Administrative Structure of the Muslim Brotherhood in Nasr City to the session of 27 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 27 defendants, in Case No. 500 of 2025 October Felonies, known in the media as the case of the “Structural Cell” to the session of 28 December 2025.
• Postponing the retrial of 1 defendant, in Case No. 24885 of 2013, Nozha Felonies, known in the media as the case of the Alf Maskan Violence to the session of 12 January 2026.

Tuesday, 11 November

• Postponing the retrial of 8 defendants, in Case No. 18600 of 2024, Nasr City-I Felonies, known in the media as the case of the Nasr City ISIS Cell to the session of 11 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 8 defendants, in Case No. 5713 of 2025, Nasr City Felonies known in the media as the case of the Nasr City Cell to the session of 26 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of engineer Ahmed Abu El-Fotouh, son of former presidential candidate and head of the Strong Egypt Party, Abdel Moneim Abu El-Fotouh, in Case No. 440 of 2018, State Security, to 14 December 2025.

Wednesday, 12 November

• Postponing the retrial of 35 defendants, in Case No. 1677 of 2024, Nasr City Felonies, known in the media as the case of the Currency Trading Cell to the session of 12 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 7 defendants, in Case No. 12851 of 2024, 1^st Settlement Felonies, known in the media as s the Currency Smuggling Case case to the session of 13 December 2025.
• Postponing the retrial of 25 defendants in Case No. 194 of 2025, Katamia Felonies, known in the media as the Katamia Cell, to the session of 27 January 2026.
• Postponing the appeal of 6 defendants, in Case No. 4007 of 2025, 6^th October Felonies, known in the media as October ISIS Cell to the session of 17 December 2025.
• Postponing the appeal of 1 defendant, against her life sentence in Case No. 45369 of 2024, Haram Felonies known in the media as the case of Haram Cell to the session of 13 January 2026.
• Postponing the appeal of 1 defendant, against a three-year prison sentence in Case No. 20600 of 2023, Badrashin Felonies known in the media as the case of Badrashin Violence Case to the session of 17 December 2025.

Saturday. 15 November

• Postponing the retrial of 43 defendants, in Case No. 2106 of 2025, Nasr City-I Felonies, known in the media as the case of the Administrative Structure Cell case to the session of 17 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 56 defendants, in Case No. 12629 of 2024, New Cairo Felonies, known in the media as the New Cairo Cell to the session of 19 November 2025.

VI.         Judicial Rulings:

Monday, 10 November

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison accepted the appeal, both in form, from the defendants in Case No. 12468 of 2022, New Cairo Felonies, known in the media as the Media Cell Case. And in substance, the court upheld the life sentence against 1 defendant, upheld the 15-year life sentence against 6 defendants, amended the life sentence to 15 years of life imprisonment for 2 defendants, and amended the 15-year life sentence to acquittal for 2 defendants

Saturday, 15 November

1. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison sentenced 1 defendant to 7 years in prison in Case No. 32 of 2021, State Security Felonies, Al-Warraq, known in the media as the Al-Warraq Terrorist Cell case.
2. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison sentenced 8 defendants to 10 years of hard labour, and acquittal of 4 in Case No. 43150 of 2015, Nasr City Felonies, known in the media as the Rabia al-Adawia sit-in dispersal case.

VII.       Statements and Information:

Thursday, 13 November

• Prisons Authority decided to grant prisoners an exceptional visit during the period from 15 November – 13 December 2025, on the occasion of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign.

VIII.     Decisions and legislation:

Wednesday, 12 November

1. President of the Republic issued Law No. 174 of 2025 to the promulgation of the Code of Criminal Procedure, after approval of House of Representatives to the amendments to the articles to which the President had objected, and was published in the Official Gazette.

IX.         Prison News:

Sunday, 9 November

• Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed Saeed, a citizen imprisoned for 8 years and repeatedly detained on multiple charges, died in Giza Central Prison after his health deteriorated. Prison authorities refused to transfer him to a specialized center for chemotherapy treatment after he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

Legal Comment

Code of Criminal Procedure was issued, despite widespread objections, to increase the powers of the authorities in arrest and investigation, which leads to disruption of the course of justice, threatens individual rights, was well as weakens trust between citizens and judicial institutions.

The renewal of the detention of activist Sherif El-Rouby, despite exceeding the maximum limit for pretrial detention, reaffirms that pretrial detention is now being applied according to political considerations, thus violating right of the citizens as stipulated in the constitution and the law.