Summary:
State Security investigations continue into 41 citizens of whom 33 are from the dignity day, on charges of terrorism and spreading false news.
Cairo Criminal Court acquits a citizen in the case known in the media as the Media Production City Incidents case.
Rotation of 15 citizens in Sharqia, to new cases by the Supreme State Security Prosecution, after the disruption of procedures for their release
The Supreme State Security Prosecution released 10 citizens in a number of political cases.
Cairo Criminal Court Terrorism Chamber continues non-stop to renew the pretrial detention of hundreds of citizens in State Security cases.
Cairo Criminal Court renews the imprisonment of hundreds of citizens in connection with Supreme State Security cases.
Details
Arrest and Detention (enforced disappearance)
Wednesday, 10 July
Security forces at the Kafr Saqr Police Station in Sharqia arrested Mahmoud Al Hosseini from his home and took him to an unknown destination, without presenting him to any prosecution body.
Prosecution Investigations
Supreme State Security Prosecution:
Supreme State Security Prosecution interrogated (during the newsletter’s coverage period) 41 citizens, including 33 in relation to the dignity day under case no 3434 of 2024, and then put them in pretrial detention for joining a terrorist group and financing and supplying a terrorist group.
Rotation Pending New Cases:
Monday, 8 July
Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 10 citizens after disrupting the procedures for their release, and placed them in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news. They are Abdul Rahman Muhammad Ahmed Kenawi, Ammar Ahmed Al-Sayed Salem, Ahmed Muhammad Salama Hassan, Ahmed Ali Muhammad Hassan Ayyub, Muhammad Ahmed Hassan Ali Nassar, Muhammad Salah Muhammad Abdul-Aziz, Rami Mahmoud Abdul-Aziz Mekkawi, Moamen Ahmed Muhammad Mohammad Al-Deeb, Ahmed Sobhi Abdullah Hassan Aram, and Ammar Abdel Wahab Abdel Hadi Mahmoud.
Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 5 citizens after disrupting the procedures for their release, and placed them in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false They are Omar Muhammad Saleh Al-Bitar, Muhammad Ibrahim Youssef, Ahmed Ali Muhammad Hassan Ayyub, Omar Muhammad Abdel Wahid, Abdel Wahab Mahmoud Muhammad.
Detention Renewal:
Tuesday, 9 July
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, in Badr Prison heard detention renewal sessions for dozens of citizens held in pre-trial detention pending cases. Cases No. are 759 of 2014, 205 of 2015, 722 of 2015, 148 of 2017, 630 of 2017, 700 of 2017, 977 of 2017, 444 of 2018, 623 of 2018, 1332 of 2018, 1 365 of 2018, 1739 of 2018, 650 of 2019, 706 of 2019, 1358 of 2019, 1413 of 2019, 535 of 2020, 549 of 2020, 647 of 2020, 867 of 2020, 970 of 2020, 979 of 2020, 1054 of 2020, 1053 of 2020, 1107 of 2020, 1108 of 2020, 383 of 2021, 595 of 2021, 755 of 2021, 883 of 2021, 911 of 2021, 966 of 2021, 1000 of 2021, 1983 of 2021, 2000 of 2021 200 of 2022, 400 of 2022, 540 of 2022, 573 of 2022, 635 of 2022, 1095 of 2022, 1691 of 2022, 1893 of 2022, 1940 of 2022, 2094 of 2022, 2412 of 2022, 2515 of 2022, 2 723 of 2022, 1 of 2023, 60 of 2023, 145 of 2023, 191 of 2023, 258 of 2023, 294 of 2023, 440 of 2023, 508 of 2023, 540 of 2023, 744 of 2023, 931 of 2023, 1160 of 2023, 1 233 of the year 2023, 1816 of the year 2023, 1977 of the year 2023, 2152 of 2023, 2369 of 2023, 2464 of 2023, 2526 of 2023, 2901 of 2023, 2902 of 2023, 2992 of 2023, 3226 of 2023, 3615 of 2023, 3620 of 2023, 3388 of 2023, 165 of 2024, 523 of 2024, 598 of 2024, 618 of 2024, 655 of 2024, 664 of 2024, 717 of 2024, 755 of 2024, 756 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
Sunday, 14 July
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, in Badr Prison heard detention renewal sessions for dozens of citizens held in pre-trial detention pending cases. Cases No. are 1555 of 2018, 1430 of 2018, 1555 of 2018, 311 of 2019, 750 of 2019, 467 of 2020, 575 of 2020, 585 of 2020, 649 of 2020, 680 of 2020, including journalist Medhat Ramadan, 1006 of 2020, 1055 of 2020, 628 of 2021, 910 of 2021, 1987 of 2021, 2055 of 2021, 2056 of 2021, 2215 of 2021, 2556 of 2021, 2993 of 2021, 4 of 202 2, 907 of 2022, 1007 of 2022, 1473 of 2022, 1539 of 2022, 1540 of 2022, 1634 of 2022, 1645 of 2022, 1650 of 2022, 1960 of 2022, 2070 of 2022, 2215 of 2022, 2412 of 2022, 85 of 2023, 186 of 2023, 392 of 2023, 422 of 2023, 424 of 2023, 626 of 2023, 715 of 2023, 718 of 2023, 1468 of 2023, 1978 of 2023, 2119 of 2023, 2194 of 2023, 2369 of 202 3, 2390 of 2023, 2903 of 2023, 3460 of 2023, 166 of 2024, 281 of 2024, 288 of 2024, 409 of 2024, 977 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
Acquittal:
Monday, 8 July
Supreme State Security Prosecution in Cairo decided to acquit the following with the guarantee of their place of residence. They are Ehab Ahmed Salama Salamah in Case No. 2094 of 2022, Nabil Ahmed Maher Othman Muhammad in Case No. 2515 of 2022, Amer Abdel Harith Mahmoud Muhammad in Case No. 2515 of 2022. No. 392 of 2023, Ahmed Mustafa Saad Muhammad Al-Nahrawi in Case No. 744 of 2023, and Youssef Abdel Rahman Abdel Hafeez Abdel Maqsoud in Case No. 1976 of 2023.
Belbeis Misdemeanor Court of Appeal, Terrorism Chamber in Sharqia decided to accept the appeals to the pretrial detention by 10 citizens with the guarantee of their residence. They are Gaber Ibrahim Gaber, Muhammad Shaker, Hassan Muhammad Ismail, Essam Salah al-Din Saleh, Ibrahim Abu Zaid Ibrahim, Hani Ahmed Muhammad Suleiman, Muhammad Abd al-Halim Abd al-Hafiz Nassar, Islam Monsef Muhammad Ahmad, Walid Muhammad Rashad al-Said, and Hassan Muhammad Ahmad.
Tuesday, 9 July
The Zagazig Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber in Sharqia decided to acquit 7 with precautionary measures. They are Ahmed Mohamed Noor El-Din, Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Mustafa Musa, Abdel-Magied Hassanein Abdel-Magied, Mahfouz Abdel-Hamid Mekheimar, Mohamed Fawzi Siam, Diaa El-Din Ezzat Abdel-Qader Asqar, and Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Al-Shami.
Wednesday, 10 July
The Supreme State Security prosecution in Cairo decided to acquit 5 citizens with the guarantee of their place of residence. They are Yahya Ahmed Shaaban Shehata in Case No. 1017 of 2020, 2. Muhammad Bahr Ahmed Abdel Azim in Case No. 915 of 2021, 3. Ahmed Al-Akram Muhammad Saeed Ahmed Amin in Case No. 2207 of 2021, 4. Ahmed Al-Hassanein Omar Musa in Case No. 716 of 2023, 5. Rami Mahmoud Muhammad Badr in Case No. 744 of 2023 Supreme State Security.
Trials:
Monday, 8 July
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the trial of 8 defendant in the case known in the media as Hadaeq Al Qubba Cell case to the session on 20 October 2024.
Saturday, 13 July
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the trail of 8 defendants, in the case known in the media as the Mataria 2nd Cell case of to the session in 12 August 2024.
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison postponed the trail of 2 defendants, in the case known in the media as Qena ISIS Cell Case to the session on 12 August 2024.
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison reserved the trail of 1 defendant, in the case known in the media as Zaytoun cell to the sentencing session on 26 August 2024.
Judicial Rulings:
Saturday, 13 July
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison ruled with innocence of 1 defendant in the case known in the media as the Media Production City Incidents case.
Legal Comment
Following an anonymous call to demonstrate on Friday, 12 July, The Dignity Day, arrests occurred to numerous citizens, of whom we documented 33 in Case No. 3434 of 2024. This took place while there are reports that the number exceeded 70 detainees. The coming days may bring confirmation of their number, the accused, and whether they were random or following proper investigations with evidence of a legally punishable crime.
The decisions of Terrorism Chambers to continue detaining hundreds of defendants for 45 days in connection with various cases, just give a clear and explicit indication of the unwillingness to radically end the pretrial detention file. Especially without considering the renewal session for their detention due to them exceeding the maximum limit for pretrial detention in the Code of Criminal Procedure, which is set at 24 months in criminal cases. A clear example is the case of journalist Medhat Ramadan, who is detained in pretrial detention pending Case No. 680 of 2020 since his arrest in May 2020.