Summary:
State Security investigations continue into 38 citizens on charges of terrorism and spreading false news.
Rotation of 16 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 continues non-stop to renew the pretrial detention of hundreds of citizens in State Security cases.
Supreme State Security Prosecution releases 19 citizens with the guarantee of their places of residence.
Details
Prosecution Investigations
Supreme State Security Prosecution:
Supreme State Security Prosecution interrogated (during the newsletter’s coverage period) 38 citizens, and put them in pretrial detention for joining a terrorist group and financing and supplying a terrorist group.
Public Prosecution:
Wednesday, 7 August
10th of Ramadan Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Nasser Mohamed Mohammed Ibrahim, after arresting him, and accused him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false new.
Belbeis Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 3 citizens after arresting then from their homes, and accused them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false new. They are Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Sabri Hassan Hassan, and Abdel Fattah Mahmoud Hassanein.
Thursday, 8 August
Menia Al-Qamh Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Islam Abdel Maqsoud, after appearing following 30 days of enforced disappearance.
Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated both Ahmed Zaki and Mohamed Ashraf, after appearing following over a month of enforced disappearance.
Zagazig Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Hossam Salama and Mohamed Sami, after arresting then from their homes, and accused them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false new.
Rotation Pending New Cases:
Tuesday, 6 August
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 news. They are Ashraf Ahmed Al-Sayed Mustafa Salim, Abdel-Magied Kamal El-Din, Mohamed Kamal Hassan Mohamed Hassan, Ahmed Mohamed Abdel-Hamid Youssef El-Gharbawi, and Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Abdel-Aziz.
Saturday, 10 August
Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 11 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 Yasser Sobhi Hassan Al-Ghandour, Ahmed Magdi Abdullah Aram, Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed Mohammed Arafat, Mohamed Mohammed Ahmed Ismail, Ahmed Abdullah Zaki Salama, Mohamed El-Hadi Awad Gharib Awad, Osama Samir Ali Ibrahim, Ibrahim Mohamed Mustafa El-Naggar, Moaz Mohamed Mohammed Abdel Rahman Ghanem, Mohamed Gomaa Ali Ismail, and Emad El-Din Atwa Ahmed.
Detention Renewal:
Sunday, 11 August
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 867 of 2005, 471 of 2017, 1331 of 2018, 563 of 2019, 1780 of 2019, 58 of 2020, 502 of 2020, 534 of 2020, 558 of 2020, 730 of 2020, 786 of 2020, 1056 of 2020, 590 of 2021, 620 of 2021, 656 of 2021, 1690 of 2021, 2714 of 2021, 2739 of 2021, 5 of 2022, 305 of 2022, 1633 of 2022, 1654 of 2022, 2069 of 2022, 2182 of 2022, 524 of 2023, 717 of 2023, 1301 of 2023, 1973 of 2023, 2063 of 2023, 2203 of 2023, 2527 of 2023, 3387 of 2023, Supreme State Security.
Supreme State Security Prosecution in Cairo reviewed to renew the detention of Engineer/ Yahia Hussein Abdel Hadi on charges of joining a terrorist group and publishing false news and statements in Case No. 3916 of 2024 State Security.
Supreme State Security Prosecution in Cairo reviewed to renew the detention of journalist Yasser Abu Al-Ela in Case No. 1586 of 2024, State Security, on charges of joining a terrorist group, committing a financing crime, publishing false news and statements, and misusing a means of social media.
Acquittal:
Monday, 5 August
Supreme State Security Prosecution in Cairo to acquit 7 citizens, with the guarantee of their places of residence. They are Mohamed Abdel Azim Hamed Mohamed in case No. 1635 of 2022, Taha El Said Abdel Moneim Abdel Gawad. Also Mohamed Ali Ahmed Abdel Daim in case No. 1893 of 2023, Mohamed Lotfi Mohamed Mohammed Saudi in case No. 1977 of 2023, Gamal Abdel Nasser Taha Khalil, Farag El Sayed Hassan Hussein Roman in case No. 2070 of 2023, Mahmoud Hamed Ahmed Salim in case No. 2094 of 2023.
Tuesday, 6 August
The state security prosecution in Cairo decided to acquit 6, with the guarantee of their places of residence. They are Abdullah Mahmoud Rizq Ghazali Hussein in Case No. 2207 of 2021, Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud Said Ahmed, Mohamed Mustafa Abdel Fattah Attian, Mustafa Ahmed Ibrahim Mohamed, Wahid Saber Ahmed Ali in Case No. 1893 of 2023, Omar Hamed Abdel Moaz Mohamed Omar in Case No. 2094 of 2023.
Thursday, 8 August
The state security prosecution in Cairo decided to acquit 6 citizens, with the guarantee of their places of residence. They are Ahmed Hamed Ali Salim, Ahmed Mohamed Mansour Mohamed, Abdullah Abu Bakr Mohamed Khalil, Mohamed Tarek Abdel Fattah Rashid, Mohamed Abdo Ali Al-Badri in Case No. 1893 of 2022″ Ahmed Ibrahim Radwan Abdullah in Case No. 508 of 2023.
Trials:
Monday, 5 August
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 3 defendants in the case known in the media as the Front Cell case in Al-Marg case to the session on 17 September 2024.
Saturday, 10 August
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison postponed the trail of 17 defendants, in the case known in the media as the case of Agouza Cell to the session in 10 September 2024.
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison postponed the trail of 73 defendants, in the case known in the media as Settlement Cell to October session for the prosecution pleading.
Statements:
Friday, 9 August
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior denied through its official Facebook page the social media talk regarding the claim that a security force stormed the home and office of a lawyer in the Mansoura Police Station in Daqahlia without justification.
Legal Comment
About 56 citizens lost their freedom this week, between arrest or rotation, in contrast to 19 released,
This is a summary of justice and its status, and a brief about the preparations for this week.
Release decisions are one of the basic guarantees by the judicial system to ensure the rights of individuals in pretrial detention. Since these decisions represent an affirmation of the principle of innocence until proven guilty.
However, what actually happens is the phenomenon of disrupting the implementation of such decisions and re-accusing in new cases, or rotation.
Rotation has become a major challenge that threatens confidence in justice, and raises questions about the extent of respect for human rights, which represents a blatant violation of the principles of natural justice.
As this approach undermines the rule of law and erodes confidence in the judicial system. It is also often used as a tool for political pressure on the accused.