Summary:
- Dozens of citizens were investigated on charges of terrorism and spreading false news.
- Considering the renewal of the detention of hundreds of citizens on the grounds of higher state security cases.
- Rotating citizens from the Hihya Center in Sharkia Governorate in a new case, pending their release.
- A final ruling obligating the Ministry of Interior to pay 500,000 pounds as compensation to the family of the martyr Khaled Saeed.
- Extending the sentence for the engineer, Yahya Hussein Abd al-Hadi, on charges of publishing false news.
- The Ministry of Interior publishes a statement denying what has been circulated regarding the death of a remand prisoner inside his prison as a result of a number of violations.
Details
- Rotating in New Cases
Thursday, July 13, 2023
The Hihya Prosecution office interrogated two citizens from the Hihya Center after they were charged with joining a terrorist group and spreading false news, which is the same accusation as the case they were released from.
- Prosecution investigations:
Investigations of the Supreme State Security Prosecution:
The Supreme State Security Prosecution, during the coverage period of the bulletin from July 7 to July 13, 2023, investigated 22 citizens on charges of joining a terrorist group and financing and supplying a terrorist group.
Public Prosecution Investigations:
Saturday, July 8, 2023
Hihya Partial Prosecution interrogated 4 citizens after they were arrested from their homes and remanded in custody after accusations of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements were made.
- Detention renewal:
Saturday 8th July
The second terrorism chamber in the Cairo Criminal Court considered the renewal of the detention of dozens of citizens detained in pretrial detention pending cases No. 441 of 2018, 1175 of 2018, 470 of 2019, 800 of 2019, 930 of 2019, 1530 of 2019, 1781 of 2019, 570 of the year 2020 imprisoned by the activist Marwa Arafa, 580 of 2020, 812 of 2020, 855 of 2020, 865 of 2020, 1017 of 2020, 915 of 2021, 991 of 2021, 2013 of 2021, 2175 of 2021, 1 For the year 2022 (copied from 1269 of 2019), 324 of 2022, 440 of 2022, 1042 of 2022, 1096 of 2022, 1394 of 2022, 1660 of 2022, 2185 of 2022 Supreme State Security.
Sunday 9 July
The second chamber of terrorism renewed detention of dozens of citizens held in pretrial detention pending cases No. 900 of 2017, 1235 of 2019, 1270 of 2019, 1480 of 2019, 1898 of 2019, 2007 of 2019, 569 of 2020, 577 of 2020, 615 of 2 020, 984 of 2020, 1052 of 2020, 260 of 2021, 595 of 2021, 965 of 2021, 2147 of 2021, 2467 of 2021, 41 of 2022, 94 of 2022, 441 of 2022 imprisoned by the media, Hala Fahm J Wasfaa Al-Korbiji, 670 for the year 2022, 1516 of 2022, 1540 of 2022, 1635 of 2022, 1645 of 2022, 1 of 2023, 60 of 2023, 88 of 2023, 184 of 2023, 191 of 2023, 103 of 2023, 294 2023 Supreme State Security.
Monday 10 July
The same session examined the renewal of the detention of dozens of citizens detained in pretrial detention pending cases No. 662 of 2020, 626 of 2021, 1935 of 2021, 1983 of 2021, 2380 of 2021, 41 of 2022, 325 of 2023 of the Supreme State Security.
Thursday 13th July
The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of the former student leadership, Moaz Al-Sharqawi, for a period of 15 days, on the grounds of accusing him of joining a terrorist group and committing a financing crime in Case No. 540 of 2023 Supreme State Security.
- Trials:
Saturday, July 8, 2023
The Second Chamber of Terrorism in the Cairo Criminal Court postponed the trial of 22 defendants in the case known in the media as the case of the administrative structure of the Muslim Brotherhood organization to the session of August 12, 2023.
Sunday 9 July
The same chamber postponed the retrial of the proceedings of two defendants in the case known in the media as the Ministry Council Events Case, to the session of September 13, 2023.
Monday 10 July
The same chamber postponed the re-trial of 14 defendants in the case known in the media as the Rabaa al-Adawiya sit-in dispersal case, to August 13, 2023.
Wednesday 12th July
The same chamber postponed the trial of 7 defendants in the case known in the media as the ISIS Imbaba cell case, to the session of August 15, 2023.
Thursday 13th July
- The Nasr City Second Misdemeanor Court postponed the hearing of the verdict in the case of Engineer Yahya Hussein Abdel Hadi, on the grounds of allegations of accusing him of publishing false news, to the session of September 21, 2023.
- The Economic Misdemeanor Court postponed the trial of model Salma El-Shimi on charges of destroying family values, until September 7, 2023.
- Judicial rulings:
Monday, July 10, 2023
In the appeal submitted by the Egyptian Ministry of Interior, a sergeant and police secretary accused of torturing and killing the martyr Khaled Saeed, the Cairo Court of Appeal decided to amend the ruling issued by the Court of First Instance by obliging the Ministry of the Interior to pay compensation of one million pounds to the family of the martyr Khaled Saeed and reduce the value of the compensation to an amount of 500 thousand pounds.
- Administrative and constitutional judiciary:
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
The Supreme Constitutional Court ruled inadmissibility of appeal No. 84 of 43 of the constitutional year, regarding the judiciary of the unconstitutionality of the first paragraph of Article 99 of the Civil and Commercial Procedure Law No. 13 of 1968, which states that “the court shall pass a ruling against any of its employees or litigants who fail to deposit documents.” Or for carrying out any of the pleadings procedures within the date set for him by the court.
- Legislations and decisions:
Monday, July 10, 2023
The Official Gazette published, in its issue No. 27 (bis a), the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt’s Decree No. 284 of 2023 adjourning the third ordinary session of the second legislative term of the House of Representatives, as of Wednesday, July 12.
- Statements and declarations:
Sunday, July 9, 2023
The official page of the Ministry of the Interior published a statement denying the validity of what was circulated on a number of websites affiliated with the terrorist Brotherhood, including the claim that a terrorist member had died in his prison cell, claiming that he had been subjected to violations, and that the aforementioned was a member of the Brotherhood and was imprisoned pending a terrorist case by a decision of the Public Prosecution, and he died while receiving treatment in a hospital due to a severe drop in blood circulation.
- Prisons’ news:
Friday, July 7, 2023
The death of the citizen / Mahmoud Tawfiq inside his prison in Karmouz Central Prison and his burial under security guard. It is mentioned that he was arrested from his home on June 26, 2023.
Saturday 8th July
The death of the citizen / Ali Amer inside his prison in Burj Al-Arab prison, due to the deterioration of his health condition, and he was buried under security guard. It is mentioned that he was arrested in 2016 from Al-Santa Center in Gharbia Governorate.
Legal Comment
The rotating of citizens who obtained release decisions in cases of a political nature has returned to the scene once again. The Hyhia Prosecution Office in Sharkia Governorate investigated two citizens, after they were charged in a new case, carrying the same accusations as the cases they were released from. A decision was issued to remand them in pretrial detention again based on the prepared investigation reports, which were recorded by the National Security Sector officers, who deliberately send messages to all citizens, that they are the only ones who own the citizens’ destinies inside Egypt: “The New Republic,” and that no voice is louder than theirs. There is no judiciary, judges, or prosecution, and that their investigations are the only irrefutable evidence of who is considered a patriot and who is considered a terrorist, without the need for any other evidence, in an unfortunate and miserable scene that expresses the conditions of justice in the Arab Republic of Egypt.
The ruling of the Cairo Court of Appeal, which was obtained by the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights, obligated the Ministry of the Interior to grant the family of the martyr Khaled Saeed a civil compensation of 500,000 Egyptian pounds for material and moral damages, as well as inherited compensation, as a result of security personnel affiliated with the Egyptian Ministry of Interior by torturing and killing the young Khaled Saeed in June 2010. The incident of his murder and his pictures circulating were the first and main spark for the revolution of January 25, 2011. This verdict is a victory for the family of the martyr Khaled Saeed, and for the efforts of independent human rights institutions, and the curtain finally falls on one of the most important issues in Egypt during the last two decades which took more than 13 years.
– At a time when two families of those imprisoned in Egyptian prisons announced the death of their relatives inside their prison, and their burial amid strict security measures, the Ministry of the Interior issued a statement, which it published on its official page on the social networking site Facebook, to deny what it described as allegations of channels and websites loyal to the terrorist Brotherhood, concerning the death of a detainee inside his prison as a result of a number of violations. The Ministry’s statement was content with listing that the death was the result of a severe drop in blood circulation, and that the detainee was receiving treatment in the prison’s hospital. However, the statement of the Ministry of Interior is considered sent speech that requires clear and compelling evidence about the condition of the detainee before and during his entry into prison, and what medical procedures were taken inside his prison. Likewise, the Public Prosecution must open an investigation into the death incident, go to the place of detention of the deceased, and hear the statements of his colleagues in complete confidentiality, away from the eyes of the security forces responsible for the place of detention, as well as hear the statements of the family of the deceased.
– The decision of the Second Misdemeanor Court, Nasr City, to extend the sentence to the engineer, Yahya Hussein Abdel-Hadi, on the grounds of his accusation of publishing false news and statements, after he wrote two articles on his personal page on the social networking site Facebook. This brings back the scene of persecuting opinion-holders who oppose the policies of the current regime with trials that lack fair and equitable trial standards for the purpose of taking revenge on them and not for the purpose of imposing the rule of law.
– At a time when the Egyptian Ministry of Interior ignores official communications and telegraphic telegrams regarding the absence of many citizens, and the claim of their families that security forces came to their homes, arrested them, and did not present them to any of the investigation authorities, and demanded from them the role they are assigned to play according to the text of the Egyptian constitution, by searching and investigating the whereabouts of these people, and revealing and clearing up the matter regarding their fates, the official page of the Ministry of the Interior on the social networking site Facebook came out, to deny what it described as the re-publishing of the video of a woman’s complaint that the security services arrested her son unlawfully, hostile to the state, which send a message that the Ministry of Interior limited its role to monitoring what is published on social media platforms and ignoring official communications.