Summary:

1. Renewing the detention of journalist Safaa El-Korbegi and hundreds of citizens in connection with Supreme State Security cases.
2. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, held at Badr Prison postpone the trials of 16 of cases during 4 days.
3. Acquittal of 1 citizen by order of Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber in Sharqia.
4. The Administrative Court overturns the decision to ban the screening of the film “The Atheist” by journalist Ibrahim Eissa.
5. Reinstating human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer on the lists of terrorists and terrorist entities one day before the expiration of his previous listing.

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.

• Public Prosecution:

Tuesday, 25 November

• 10^th of Ramadan-II Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Mohamed Abdel Fattah Ghaly, 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.

II.             Detention Renewal:

Sunday, 23 November

• The Supreme State Security prosecution renewed the detention of lawyer and former candidate for the Bar Association presidency, Osama El-Shishtawy for 15 days pending Case No. 4884 of 2025, Supreme State Security, on charges of joining a group established in violation of the law and the constitution.

Monday, 24 November

1. The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of journalist Safaa Al-Korbegi for 15 days pending case No. 7256 of 2025 Supreme State Security, on charges of joining a terrorist group and publishing false news and statements.
2. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber -I, held at Badr Prison considered a session to renew the detention of hundreds of citizens pending cases Nos. 2032 of 2022, 294 of 2023, 585 of 2023, 1976 of 2023, 2901 of 2023, 3388 of 2023, 3535 of 2023, 755 of 2024, 1128 of 2024, 1644 of 2024 including labor activist Shadi Mohamed and student Omar Al-Ansari, 2627 of 2024, 3817 of 2024, 6026 of 2024, 6082 of 2024, 5 of 2025, 1124 of 2025, 1125 of 2025, 1126 of 2025, 1602 of 2025 1603 of 2025, 1604 of 2025, 3865 of 2025, 4025 of 2025, 4127 of 2025, 4285 of 2025, 4880 of 2025, 5233 of 2025, 5466 of 2025, 5633 of 2025, 5634 of 2025Supreme State Security.

Tuesday, 26 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. 385 of 2017, 467 of 2020, 535 of 2020, 812 of 2020, 880 of 2020, 573 of 2022, 1635 of 2022, 1893 of 2022, 392 of 2023, 2123 of 2023, 2124 of 2023, 2635 of 2023, 3459 of 2023, 757 of 2024, 952 of 2024, 1410 of 2024, 1939 of 2024, 2802 of 2024, 2808 of 2024, 4092 of 2024, 4708 of 2024, 4939 of 2024, 5054 of 2024, 5055 of 2024, 6171 of 2024, 2 of 2025, 20 of 2025, 850 of 2025, 851 of 2025, 2481 of 2025, 2641 of 2025, 3563 of 2025, 4527 of 2025, 4881 of 2025, 4882 of 2025, 5000 of 2025, 5635 of 2025, 5677 of 2025, Supreme State Security.

III.           Acquittal:

Tuesday, 25 November

• Faqous General Prosecution in Sharqia acquitted Mohamed Abdel Moneim Mohamed Hassan on bail of his place of residence, on charges of joining a terrorist group.

Thursday, 27 November

• Damietta General Prosecution acquitted 9 lawyers, supporters of parliamentary candidate Essam Beshto, on L.E. 5,000 bail each, after their arrest on 25November in front of the Fareskour police station while attempting to file a report documenting vote buying in the parliamentary elections.

IV.          Trials:

Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers II, held in Badr Prison reviewed 16 cases over 4 days and decided the following:

Sunday, 23 November

• Postponing the retrial of 80 defendants, in Case No. 14487 of 2024 New Cairo Felonies, known in the media as the case of Muslim Brotherhood Administrative Structure Cell to the session of 12 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 10 defendant, in Case No. 19719 of 2024 Nasr City Felonies, known in the media as the case of Specialized Action Committees Cell to the session of 14 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 115 defendants, in Case No. 5490 of 2024 Qasr El Nil Felonies, known in the media as the case of Armed Groups Cell to the session of 28 January 2026.

Monday, 24 November

• Postponing the retrial of 71 defendants, in Case No. 12925 of 2025 5^th Settlement Felonies, known in the media as the case of 5^th Settlement Cell to the session of 27 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 9 defendants, in Case No. 5091 of 2025 Nasr City Felonies, known in the media as the case of Nasr City ISIS Cell to the session of 28 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 23 defendants, in Case No. 11801 of 2024 Dar El Salam Felonies known in the media as the case of the Specialized Action Committees Cell to the session of 28 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 73 defendants, in Case No. 1172 of 2024 5^th Settlement Felonies, known in the media as the case of the 5^th Settlement Specialized Committees Cell to the session of 27 January 2026.

Tuesday, 18 November

• Postponing the retrial of 1 defendant, in Case No. 760 of 2025, Nozha Felonies, on charges of joining a terrorist group and committing a terrorist act by disrupting air traffic to the session of 9 February 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 24 defendants, in Case No. 21574 of 2024, Nasr City Felonies, known in the media as the case of Nasr City Cell to the session of 9 February 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 111 defendants, in Case No. 31947 of 2022, Marg Felonies, known in the media as the case of Tala’i Hasm and Liwaa al-Thawra to the session of 8 February 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 1 defendant, in Case No. 12681 of 2013, Giza Felonies, known in the media as the case of Rabia Sit-in Dispersal to the session of 15 December 2025.

Wednesday, 26 November

• Postponing the retrial of 124 defendants, in Case No. 12924 of 2024 New Cairo Felonies known in the media as the case of the Administrative Structure of the Muslim Brotherhood in New Cairo to the session of 11 February 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 57 defendants, in Case No. 4743 of 2024 Al-Shorouk Felonies, known in the media as the case of Specialized Committees Cell to the session of 12 January 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 37 defendants, in Case No. 13749 of 2024 Settlement Felonies, known in the media as the case of Settlement Cell to the session of 7 February 2026.
• Postponing the retrial of 13 defendants, in Case No. 16563 of 2023 Kerdassa Felonies, known in the Kerdassa ISIS Cell, as to the session of 13 January 2026.
• postponed the retrial of 8 defendants, in Case No. 476 of 2025 5^th Settlement, known in the media as the case of the Loans Cell to the session of 14 January 2026.

V.             Judicial Rulings:

Saturday, 23 November

• Administrative Court, Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison rejected the lawsuits filed to prevent the screening of the film “The Atheist” by journalist Ibrahim Eissa.

Tuesday, 25 November

1. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison sentenced 1 defendant to 3 years of hard labour in Case No. 20336 of 2019, Al-Salam, on charges of joining a terrorist group.

VI.          Decisions and legislation:

Thursday, 27 November

1. Human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer announced on his Facebook page that his inclusion on the lists of terrorist entities and individuals had been renewed for another five years, just one day before the expiration of his previous five-year term in 2020.

VII.        Actions of Public Prosecution

During the Whole Week

• State Security Prosecution, referred journalist Khaled Mamdouh and others in Case No. 1282 of 2024, as well as cartoonist Ashraf Omar, journalist Yasser Abu El-Ela, and others in Case No. 1568 of 2024 Supreme State Security, to the Cairo Court of Appeals to determine the chamber to hear the case.

Legal Comment

A decision was issued to renew the enlisting of human rights lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer on the terrorist entities list for another five years—just one day before the expiration of his 2020 listing,

That happened without providing any new basis to justify his continued treatment as a “terrorist threat.”

This insistence on renewal at the very moment the listing was about to expire reveals that the purpose was not to review the evidence or assess the situation, but rather that the matter is no longer related to facts or evidence, but to the will to continue restricting a specific individual even after the legal basis has disappeared. In light of the severe consequences—the freezing of assets and the travel ban—this renewal does not represent a mere procedural overreach, but rather an arbitrary use of exceptional power that undermines confidence in the fairness of the legal system itself.

 

The court ruling overturning the decision to ban the film “The Atheist” represents an important affirmation that the power of the administration to restrict creativity is not absolute, and that such a ban constitutes a direct attack on freedom of expression. This ruling also affirmed the right of the public to access artistic works, even controversial ones—and put an end to the use of censorship as an unwarranted tool of intellectual guardianship.