State Security Prosecution
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 23 February – 1 March 2025
Summary: Withdrawal of the lawyers from the session to renew the detention of journalist Ahmed Sirag before the State Security Prosecution after the Secretary of the Prosecution assaulted the member of the General Syndicate Council, Mr. Mamdouh Abdel Aal. Court renews the detention of activist Sherif El-Rouby among hundreds of citizens, despite his absence from […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 16 – 22 February, 2025
Summary: Renewing the detention of labour leader Shady Mohamed who is on hunger strike without his attendance at the session by a decision from the Terrorism Chamber, while Borg Al-Arab Prison denies his presence. Investigations continues with dozens of citizens on the background of the 25 January demonstrations – which did not happen and are […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 9 – 15 February, 2025
Summary: State Security Prosecution renews the detention of journalist Ahmed Sirag for the second time on charges of joining a terrorist group. Renewing the detention of Engineer Yahya Hussein Abdel Hadi without presenting him to the court or hearing his defense. Release of 11 citizens in Zagazig, Sharqia. Continuation of the trial of hundreds of […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 19 – 25 January, 2025
Summary: Summoning the Founder and Executive Director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) Hossam Bahgat, investigating him and releasing him on L.E. 20,000 bail. Continuation of renewal of detention for hundreds of citizens on terrorism cases. TikToker Mohamed Allam, known as Rivaldo, appears before the State Security Prosecution investigating him in Case No. […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 29 December, 2024 – 4 January, 2025
Introduction: As businessmen were busy with their agency for New Year’s celebrations, no renewal sessions were held within the Supreme Security Control Authority before the counter-terrorism procedures in the Criminal Court. Summary: Transfer of Mohamed Adel from his prison to Gamassa Maximum Security Prison to the 10th Rehabilitation Prison-IV amid his hunger strike. Cairo Criminal […]
Civil Society in Egypt.. December 2024 Political Parties, Syndicates and Human Rights
Section One: Political Parties Introduction: The month of December witnessed many events, most notably the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. This had an impact on the political scene in Egypt, where parties close to the government announced their support for the regime. Meanwhile, some parties expressed fears of a similar […]
Civil Society in Egypt.. November 2024 Political Parties, Syndicates and Human Rights
Section One: Political Parties Introduction: The Egyptian government mobilized its supporters to celebrate the anniversary of the October War, and during the celebration, the President of the Republic described these days as resembling the 1967 Six-Day War. Meanwhile, opposition parties continued to write and organize seminars to condemn the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian and […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 27 October to 2 November, 2024
Summary: State Security investigations continue into 38 citizens on charges of terrorism and spreading false news. Referring the papers of 2 defendants in the case known in the media as the Hadaeq Cell case to the Grand Mufti of the Republic. Rotation of 26 citizens from Sharqia, to new cases by the Supreme State Security […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 9 to 15 September, 2024
Summary: State Security investigations continue into 33 citizens on charges of terrorism and spreading false news. Investigating three young members of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party after security forces stormed the venue of their conference. The release of unionist Hisham El-Banna, the last worker detained by the Samanoud Wabriyat Company, by a decision from the […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 26 August to 1 September, 2024
Summary: State Security investigations continue into 26 citizens on the usual charges of terrorism and spreading false news. Rotation of citizens in Sharqia, to new cases by the Supreme State Security Prosecution. The release of student/ Mahmoud Mohamed Al Maarouf, known as the “T-shirt detainee” after serving his prison sentence. The renewal of the pretrial […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 12 to 18 August, 2024
Summary: State Security investigations continue into 35 citizens on charges of terrorism and spreading false news. Security forces releases 31 citizens, with the guarantee of their place of residence. Cairo Criminal Court Terrorism Chamber rules with life sentences and hard labor in the case known in the media as the Mataria Cell II case. Cairo […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 22 to 28 July, 2024
Summary: State Security investigations continue into 32 citizens on charges of terrorism and spreading false news. State Security Prosecution releases 84 citizens hours before the start of the National Dialogue sessions. Supreme State Security Prosecution investigates dozens of citizens, including journalist Khaled Mamdouh and cartoonist Ashraf Omar, and then accuses them of terrorism charges. Continuation […]
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