Summary:

1. Acquittal of an activist with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights after his arrest and referral to the State Security Prosecution.
2. Rotation of 7 citizens in Sharqia.
3. Exceptional visitation in Egyptian prisons on the occasion of AlMawled AlNabawy.
4. Renewing the detention of hundreds of citizens including Sherif Al Rouby pending Supreme State Security cases.
5. Death of engineer Sayed Abdullah Atwa after his health deterioration in his prison cell in 10^th of Ramadan Prison.
6. Preventing translator Marwa Arafa’s lawyer from visiting her in prison.

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, 24 August

• Mashtoul Al Souq Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Ahmed Hossam Meshaal 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.

Thursday, 28 August

1. 10^th of Ramadan-II Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Reda El-Sayed Ahmed Hegazy and Mohamed Saber Eid Ali 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, 24 August

• State Security Prosecution in Sharqia rotating both Okasha Abdullah Muhammad and Wissam Abdel Hamid Mahmoud, on charges of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and statements, and placed them in pretrial detention.

Monday, 25 August

• Kafr Saqr Partial Prosecution in Sharqia rotated Atef Abdel Fattah Taha, following the obstruction of his release procedures, on charges of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and statements, and placed him in pretrial detention.
• New Salhia Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Ihab Abdel Sattar, on charges of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and statements, and placed him in pretrial detention.

Wednesday, 27 August

• 10^th of Ramadan Prosecution in Sharqia rotated 3 citizens, following 70 days of enforced disappearance, on charges of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and statements, and placed them in pretrial detention. They are Reda El-Sayed Abdel-Aal Qortam, Mohamed Helmy Abdel-Sattar El-Sayyad, and Mahmoud Mohamed Mohamad El-Fadali.
• Supreme State Security Prosecution in Cairo rotated Poet Galal El-Beheiri, for the second time in one week, on charges of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and statements.

III.           Detention Renewal:

Sunday, 24 August

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber -II, held at Badr Prison considered a session to renew the detention of hundreds of citizens pending cases Nos. 534 of 2020, 1056 of 2020, 590 of 2021, 2069 of 2022, 508 of 2023, 2063 of 2023 including journalist Mohamed Saad Khattab, 2390 of 2023, 3387 of 2023, 165 of 2024, 756 of 2024, 1408 of 2024, 2801 of 2024, 3865 of 2024, 3973 of 2024, 5053 of 2024, 7239 of 2024, 9 of 2025, 32 of 2025, 847 of 2024 2025, 1124 of 2025, 1601 of 2025, 1602 of 2025, 1603 of 2025, 1773 of 2025, 2479 of 2025, Supreme State Security.

Monday, 25 August

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. 759 of 2014, 148 of 2017, 700 of 2017, 640 of 2018, 1739 of 2018, 1413 of 2019, 1475 of 2019, 910 of 2021, 2000 of 2021, 440 of 2022, 635 of 2022, 1539 of 2022, 1634 of 2022 including activist Sherif El-Rouby, 1893 of 2022, 2094 of 2022, 2515 of 2022, 2369 of 2023, 2526 of 2023 2992 of 2023, 3460 of 2023, 3615 of 2023, 655 of 2024, 717 of 2024, 977 of 2024, 1281 of 2024, 1568 of 2024 including both journalists Yasser Abu Al-Ela and Ramadan Guwaida and cartoonist Ashraf Omar, 1940 of 2024, 2803 of 2024, 4356 of 2024, 4400 of 2024, 4473 of 2024, 4940 of 2024, 5684 of 2024, 7169 of 2024, 7887 of 2024, 1518 of 2025, 1604 of 2025, 1772 of 2025 Supreme State Security.

Wednesday, 27 August

1. The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of 7 citizens for 15 days pending case No. 4880 of 2025 Supreme State Security, on charges of joining a terrorist group and publishing false news and statements.

IV.          Acquittal:

Wednesday, 27 August

• Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to acquit 3 citizens on bail, after arresting them and charging them with joining a seditious group, spreading false news, and using a website to commit crimes in Case No. 6592 of 2025 Supreme State Security. They are Karim Ennarah, Director of the Studies and Research Unit at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, Nael Hassan, and Ahmed Khalifa.

V.             Trials:

Sunday, 24 August

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 214 defendants, in Case No. 16967of 2024, Nozha Felonies, known in the media as the case of Nozha Terrorist Cell, to the session of 9 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 24 defendants, in Case No. 15071of 2024, The Settlement Felonies, known in the media as the case of the Administrative Structure in The Settlement to the session of 25 October 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 50 defendant, in Case No. 14739 of 2024, Nasr City Felonies, known in the media as the case of Administrative Structure of the Muslim Brotherhood to the session of 26 October 2025.

Monday, 25 August

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 117 defendants, in Case No. 9453 of 2024, Omrania Felonies, known in the media as the case of the Media Cell to the session of 8 November 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 11 defendants, in Case No. 68534 of 2024, Haram Felonies, known in the media as the case of ISIS Haram Cell to the session of 8 November 2025.

VI.          Judicial Rulings:

Monday, 25 August

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison ruled the innocence of 6 defendants Case No. 4007 of 2025, 6 October Felonies, known in the media as the case of ISIS October Cell.

VII.        Statements and Information:

Monday, 25 August

• The Ministry of Interior denied, in a statement on its Facebook page, the circulated news regarding the death of an individual inside a Cairo police station following allegations of enforced disappearance.

VIII.     Decisions and legislation:

Wednesday, 27 August

1. The Ministry of Interior decided to grant all inmates in Egyptian prisons one exceptional visit only between 6/9/2025 – 5/10/2025, on the occasion of the Al Mawlid Al Nabawi.

IX.          Prison News:

Tuesday, 26 August

• The administration of 10^th of Ramadan-IV Prison, where activist and translator Marwa Arafa is being held, refused to implement the visitation permit issued to her lawyer by Public Prosecution.

Wednesday, 27 August

• Engineer Sayed Abdullah Atwa died in his cell at 10^th of Ramadan Prison after his health deterioration and transfer to Al-Ahrar Hospital in Zagazig.

Legal Comment

The 10^th of Ramadan Prison administration has prevented Marwa Arafa’s lawyer from visiting her, despite an official permit from the Public Prosecution.

This constitutes a flagrant violation of the Constitution and the law, as well as a violation that is even more serious, in light of the recent reports that Marwa had suffered a pulmonary embolism while in prison, making her right to communicate with her lawyer a fundamental and urgent matter.

Furthermore, denying her lawyer access to visit her, despite the permit from the Public Prosecution as well as the disregard of the Public Prosecutor for this violation, put them as either helpless or complicit in this violation.

Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison issued its decisions to renew the detention of cartoonist Ashraf Omar and activist Sherif El-Rouby during a session on Monday, 25 August, 2025, without their presence or even their appearance on the screen designated for hearing the renewal sessions.

The decision was then taken and then departed the court, before the remaining cases were heard and the subsequent renewal decisions were issued on paper.

This is a clear violation and blatant disregard for the constitution and the law, and for the rights of the defense and guarantees of a fair trial.

This behavior is not just a procedural violation, but rather a grave deviation in the work of the judiciary, as it transforms the renewal session from a fundamental guarantee of freedom into a mere formality to provide a sham legal cover for continued detention.

What happened clearly reveals that pretrial detention decisions are being used as a tool of punishment, undermining confidence in justice and undermining the rule of law.