Summary:
State Security investigations continue into 30 citizens on charges of terrorism and spreading false news.
The State Security Prosecution releases 10 citizens in a number of political cases.
Rotation of 29 citizens in Sharqia, to new cases by the Supreme State Security Prosecution, after the disruption of procedures for their release
Cairo Criminal Court Terrorism Chamber rules to punish 9 defendants with the death penalty, and 3 with life sentences in the case known to the media as Agouza Terrorist Cell case.
Ministry of Interior grants an exceptional visit to prisoners from Monday, 7/8/2024 until Thursday, 7/18/2024, on the occasion of the Hijri New Year.
The death of citizen Abdullah Eid Salem Hamdan Al-Ahiwi in Wadi Al-Natroun prison, without explaining the causes of his death
Details
Prosecution Investigations
Supreme State Security Prosecution:
Supreme State Security Prosecution interrogated (during the newsletter’s coverage period) 30 citizens, and put them in pretrial detention for joining a terrorist group and financing and supplying a terrorist group.
Public Prosecution:
Monday, 1 July
10th of Ramadan Prosecution Office in Sharqia investigated 3 citizens, after arresting them from their homes, and accused them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false new as well as placed them in pretrial detention. They are Sami Abdel Aziz Ibrahim, Wael Al-Sayed Ahmed, and Salem Mohammed Salem.
Rotation Pending New Cases:
Wednesday, 3 July
Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 19 citizens after disrupting the procedures for their release from Zagazig Criminal Court, and placed them in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news. They are Nabil Al-Said Ahmed Abdel-Al Rayan, Muhammad Mohammad Hussein Muhammad Al-Naggar, Abdel Nasser Mahmoud Hassan Youssef, Muhammad Ali Al-Demerdash Muhammad, Saad Abdel-Al Abu Hashim Hassan, Abdullah Abdel-Rashid Abdullah Badr, Samir Abdel-Wahab Ali Hassan, Muhammad Rizq Muhammad Attia, Abdel-Rahman Muhammad Mohammad Mustafa, Al-Shahat, Yasser Raafat Neamat Allah, Kamal Ahmed Abdel Magied, Abdo Ibrahim Abdo Al-Bagouri, Nabil Muhammad Abdel Raouf Muhammad Ghaith, Mahmoud Osama Muhammad Ibrahim, Metwally Ali Ahmed Al-Sayed, Hisham Muhammad Abdel Aziz Al-Qarnawi, Attia Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamouda, Muhammad Mahmoud Muhammad Hegazi, and Atef Muhammad Ibrahim Abdel Aziz.
Saturday, 6 July
Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 10 citizens after disrupting the procedures for their release from Zagazig Criminal Court, and placed them in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news. They are Mahmoud Yasser Al-Dali, Abu Ubaida Adel Muhammad Al-Hadi, Ahmed Abu Hashim, Mahmoud Al-Omda, Mosaab Mahdi Sayed Ahmed, Sabri Ahmed Abdel Salam, Islam Fawzi Ahmed Hassanein, Muhammad Rabie Muhammad Al-Sayyed, Ahmed Hussein Muhammad Ismail Nassif, and Ahmed Khairy.
Detention Renewal:
Monday, 1 July
The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of journalist Yasser Abu Al-Ela for 15 days pending investigation in Case No. 1568 of 2024 on charges of joining a terrorist group and publishing false news and statements.
The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of student Omar Al-Ansari for 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 1644 of 2024 on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements.
Acquittal:
Monday, 1 July
Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to acquit 5 citizens with the guarantee of their place of residence. They are Amir Nageh Romani Attia in Case No. 1635 of 2022, Ahmed Mahmoud Ahmed Al-Saidi Muhammad Murad Aziz Al-Din Mashadi, Nabil Hanafi Ahmed Hanafi in Case No. 2094 of 2022, and Hamza Ibrahim Muhammad Refae Imran in Case No. 744 of the year 2023 Supreme State Security.
Zagazig Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber in Sharqia decided to acquit 8 citizens with the guarantee of their residence, for exceeding the maximum limit of pretrial detention. They are Wael Sami Khalil Tartur, Al Said Abdel Hadi Metwally Salam, Talaat Abdel Baqi Mohamed Ibrahim, Al Said Abdel Rahim Ahmed Abdel Rahim, Gamal Mohamed Ahmed Badran, Mohamed Mahmoud Saad El Din, Mohamed Gamal Abdallah, and Hani Mohamed Abdel Magied.
Tuesday, 2 July
The Supreme State Security prosecution in Cairo decided to acquit citizens with the guarantee of their place of residence. They are Ahmed Abdel Hakim Ibrahim Al-Said in Case No. 1691 of 2022, Khaled Yasser Abdel Karim Ibrahim Al-Said Mustafa Mohamed Abdel-Al Radwan in Case No. 2094 of 2022, Ali Ismail Ali Mahmoud in Case No. 392 of 2023, Abdul Rahman Saad Abdul Rahman Zayed in Case No. 744 of 2023, Supreme State Security.
Release:
Saturday, 6 July
The security forces at Hahia Police Station in Sharqia released both Mahmoud Okasha Al-Shall and Al-Shafee, after completing the procedures for the validity of their release, and the arrival of the National Security signal.
Trials:
Saturday, 6 July
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 1 defendant in the case known in the media as Boulaq Terrorist Cell case to the session on 20 August 2024.
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the trail of 22 defendants, in the case known in the media as restoring the administrative structure of the Muslim Brotherhood case to the session on 19 October 2024.
Judicial Rulings:
Saturday, 6 July
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison ruled to punish 9 defendants to death, 3 others with life imprisonment, 28 with 15-years of aggravated imprisonment, and 3 with 10-years imprisonment for in the case known in the media as the Agouza Terrorist Cell case.
Prison news:
Wednesday, 3 July
The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms published on its Facebook page the continued intransigence and escalating violations by the administration of Badr-1 Prison, against the inmates, which prompted them to go on a hunger strike for more than a month in protest against those violations and the inhumane conditions in which they live.
Legislations and decisions:
Monday, 22 April
Ministry of Interior grants inmates in Egyptian prisons 2 exceptional visits on for Sinai Liberation Day and Resurrection Day starting from Saturday, 4/27/2024, until Thursday, 6/13/2024.
Ministry of Interior grants an exceptional visit to prisoners from Monday, 7/8/2024 until Thursday, 7/18/2024, on the occasion of the Hijri New Year, noted that this visit is not among the visits scheduled for inmates.
Legal Comment
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, in Badr Prison, ruled to punish 9 defendants to death, 3 others with life imprisonment, 28 with 15-years of aggravated imprisonment, and 3 with 10-years imprisonment for in the case known in the media as the Agouza Terrorist Cell case.
Such cruel and severe sentences in trials that arbitrarily used the law, and lacked impartiality. The trials also came in light of obtaining confessions from the accused under the pressure of physical torture.
As in the case of Hossam Munufi Mahmoud Salam, whose arrest was on 12 January 2022 after his plane suddenly landed at Luxor International Airport while traveling from the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to the Turkish city of Istanbul, and then authorities took him to an unknown location and forcibly disappear him before appearing on 15 January. Supreme State Security Prosecution interrogated him, where he revealed that he had been subjected to physical and psychological torture.
Supreme State Security Prosecution continues to investigate citizens from different governorates appeared after arresting and enforcedly disappearing them as well as charging them with the same charges of “joining a banned group”. Finally, it issues pretrial detention decisions without fair investigation by the Public Prosecution, and only the investigation reports by National Security Sector officers without other evidence to support and recommend them, as the Court of Cassation ruled in many of its rulings.