Summary:
1. Citizens continued to be arrested and disappeared in Sharkia Governorate, and their places of detention were not disclosed.
2. Rotating a citizen from Sharkia Governorate pending a new case at the State Security Prosecution after delaying his release after the court acquitted him by the Zagazig Misdemeanor Court of Appeal more than 150 days ago.
3. Renewing the detention of hundreds of citizens before the terrorism departments in the criminal courts.
4. The acquittal of 20 citizens from different centers in Al Sharkia Governorate, after they were accused of promoting the purposes of a terrorist group and spreading false news.
Details
1. Arrest and Detention:
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
1. The security forces in Al-Sharqiya governorate arrested three citizens from their homes in the village of Al-Manshiya, Deyerb Negm Center, and took them to an unknown destination without investigation yet.
2. The security forces in the Sharkia governorate arrested the citizen/ Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Sharif from his house in Kafr Saqr center and took him to an unknown destination and did not present him to any of the investigation authorities so far.
3. In Al-Sharqia Governorate, the citizen / Hussein Ahmed Qadadi was arrested from his house in the village of Al-Manasfour, Deyerb Negm Center, and taken to an unknown destination. He has not been presented to any of the investigation authorities so far.
2. Rotation in new cases
Thursday, June 15, 2023
The Supreme State Security Prosecution interrogated the citizen / Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad Ragheb and accused him of joining a terrorist group – after he was rotated in a new case after delaying his release after his acquittal by the Zagazig Misdemeanor Court of Appeal more than 150 days ago.
3. Prosecution investigations:
Investigations of the Supreme State Security Prosecution:
The Supreme State Security Prosecution, during the coverage period of the bulletin from June 9 to June 15, 2023, investigated 35 citizens on charges of joining a terrorist group and financing and supplying a terrorist group.
Public Prosecution Investigations:
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Kafr Saqr Partial Prosecution in Sharkia investigated each of 4 citizens after they were arrested from their homes at dawn and taken to the Public Prosecution and accused of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
4. Detention Renewal:
Sunday, June 11, 2023
The Third Chamber of Terrorism in the Cairo Criminal Court considered a session to renew the detention of dozens of citizens detained in pretrial detention pending cases No. 1118 of 2019, 1335 of 2019, 1470 of 2019, 335 of 2020, 1022 of 2020, 260 of 2021, 484 of 2021, 909 of the year 2021, 912 of 2021, 1934 of 2021, 1984 of 2021, 2064 of 2021, 40 of 2022, 93 of 2022, 1007 of 2022, 1020 of 2022, 1436 of 2022, 1635 of 2022, 1644 of 2022, 1752 of 2022, 1977 of 2022, 2032 of 2022, 2185 of 2022, 2216 of 2022, 2412 of 2022, 2514 of 2022 Supreme State Security.
Monday, June 12th
The same chamber considered the renewal of the imprisonment of dozens of citizens who are imprisoned in reserve on issues 623 for the year 2018, 1358 of 2019, 647 of 2020, 1022 of 2020, 383 of 2021, 620 of 2021, 883 of 2021, 2258 of 2021, 400 for the year 2022, 573 of 2022, 1644 of 2022, 1691 of 2022, 1893 of 2022, 1958 of 2022, 60 of 2023, 95 of 2023, 96 of 2023, 145 of 2023, 191 of 2023, 203 of 2023, 324 of 2023, 325 of the year 2023 Supreme State Security.
Wednesday 14 June
1. The Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharkia Governorate renewed the detention of one citizen for a period of 45 days in Case No. 1119 of 2021, Zagazig Center, on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
2. The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of the content creator Ahmed Tariq, famous for the case known as chocolate case, for a period of 15 days, pending investigations with him on the background of his participation in a satirical video clip on Facebook.
Thursday, June 15th
The Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharkia Governorate renewed the detention of 8 citizens for a period of 45 days in Case No. 1504 of 2021, Zagazig Center, on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
5. Trials:
Saturday 10 June 2023
1. Postponing the case, known in the media as the case of dispersing the Rabaa sit-in, to the session of June 12, 2023.
Sunday 11th June
2. The Second Chamber of Terrorism in the Cairo Criminal Court postponed the retrial of one defendant in the case known in the media as the “Cabinet Events Case” to the session of July 9, 2023.
Monday 12 June
The same chamber has postponed the retrial of 14 defendants in the case known in the media as the Rabaa al-Adawiya sit-in dispersal case, to the session of July 10, 2023.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
The same chamber tried 7 defendants in the case known in the media as the Imbaba terrorist cell case, for the session of July 21, 2023.
Thursday, June 15, 2023
The Terrorism Chamber in the Hyhia Misdemeanor Court of Appeal postponed the trial of the citizen / Ahmed Awni Abdel-Basir, on the grounds of his accusation of spreading false news, to the hearing of June 22, 2023, when he appeared from his prison cell.
6. Judicial rulings:
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
The Chamber of Terrorism in Dyerb Negm Misdemeanor Court in Al Sharqia acquitted 14 citizens of the charges of promoting the purposes of a terrorist group and spreading false news.
Thursday, June 15, 2023
1. The Department of Terrorism in the Hyhia Misdemeanor Court of Appeal decided to cancel the sentence of imprisonment and a fine issued against each of (1. Saeed Al-Sayed Hassan, 2. Muhammad Al-Sayed Hashem, 3. Mahmoud Muhammad Abdel-Hamid, 4. Muhammad Mahmoud Muhammad Hilal) and again acquitted them from charges as they were charged with promoting the purposes of a terrorist group and spreading false news.
2. The Department of Terrorism in the Hyhia Court of Appeal for Misdemeanors decided to cancel the sentence of imprisonment and a fine issued against each of (1. Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad Mustafa Musa, 2. Muhammad Hassan Al-Sayyid Ramadan) and again acquitted them of the charges attributed to them, which were promoting the purposes of a terrorist group and spreading false news.
7. Legislations and decisions:
Thursday, June 15, 2023
1. The Official Gazette, in its Issue No. 24, published the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 2333 of 2023 merging the Council for the Care of Martyrs and Injured Families into the Ministry of Solidarity.
2. The Official Gazette published, in its issue No. 24, Presidential Decree No. 613 of 2022 regarding the approval of a loan agreement between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the African Development Bank, “Program to Support Food Security and Economic Resilience,” for an amount not exceeding “271 million US dollars.”
8. Statements and declarations:
Saturday 10 June 2023
Ambassador / Ahmed Abu Zeid, the official spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced through the official page on the social networking site Facebook about the new procedures followed for the entry of Sudanese to the borders of the Arab Republic of Egypt, which are specified by imposing a prior entry visa for Sudanese to Egypt after more than 50 days have passed since the crisis.
Monday, June 12, 2023
The official spokesperson for the Presidency of the Republic announced on the official page on the social networking site Facebook that the President of the Republic has formed a committee headed by the Prime Minister, including all concerned authorities, specialized archaeologists and engineering consulting offices, to assess the situation regarding the transfer of tombs in the Sayyidah Nafisa and Imam Shafi’i area, and to determine how to deal with Cases of necessity that led to the development plan, provided that the committee studies the available alternatives and comes up with an integrated vision and recommendations to be announced to the public before the first day of July 2023.
Legal Comment
– The Prime Minister’s decision to merge the Council, the Council for the Care of the Families of Martyrs and Injured, established by Prime Minister’s Resolution No. 1485 of 2011 after the revolution of the twenty-fifth of January, came to the Ministry of Solidarity. All the rights of the Council and its immovable and movable funds and bank accounts, and bear its obligations, in a scene that indicates the concealment and obliteration of everything related to the January 25 revolution.
– Terrorism chambers in Egypt, which are convened inside Badr Prison, continued to renew the detention of hundreds of citizens who were brought before them during the first days of the week in cases investigated by the Supreme State Security Prosecution, most of which are empty of evidence and presumptions that permit and allow the continued detention of citizens, except for the investigations of the National Security Sector, which cannot be considered alone as a presumption and as proof of the accusations against citizens in accordance with what was decided by the provisions and principles of the Court of Cassation, which it considered a mere opinion of its perpetrators, in addition to the absence of even one decision issued to release even one person confirming that the sessions held are nothing more than a charade and that the decision is issued by other than the judiciary platform.