State Security investigations continue into 53 citizens on charges of terrorism and spreading false news.
Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh refuses to visit his family inside a glass cabin and demands a regular visit as per the prison regulations.
Rotation of 22 citizens in Sharqia, to new cases by the Supreme State Security Prosecution, after the disruption of procedures for their release
Zagazig Criminal Court releases of 48 citizens over the course of 3 days.
Cairo Criminal Court Terrorism Chamber continues non-stop to renew the pretrial detention of hundreds of citizens in State Security cases.
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Prosecution Investigations
Supreme State Security Prosecution:
Supreme State Security Prosecution interrogated (during the newsletter’s coverage period) 53 citizens, and put them in pretrial detention for joining a terrorist group and financing and supplying a terrorist group.
Public Prosecution:
Thursday, 26 September
Zagazig Prosecution Office in Sharqia investigated 2 citizens after arresting them from their homes, and accused them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false new.
Rotation Pending New Cases:
Tuesday, 24 September
Zagazig Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 7 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 Mohamed Abdo Mohamed Abdel Fattah El Gendi, Mohamed Gaber Fouad, Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Wahba, Abdullah Ali Attia Hassan, Medhat Mohamed Abdel Fattah, Mohamed Abdel Hamid, and Ibrahim Mahmoud Morsi.
Thursday, 26 September
Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 8 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 Mohamed Ali Tawfiq, Omar Abdel Rahman Shehata, Islam Abdullah Abbas, Abdel Rahman El Hadi Ahmed Yassin, Mohamed Ezz El Din Obeid, Ahmed Mohamed Antar, Mohamed Mustafa El Sayed, and Abdel Rahman Mohamed Abdel Rahman Abu Zaid.
Saturday, 28 September
Hahia Total Prosecution in Sharqia rotated Mohamed Desouqi, after disrupting the procedures for his release, and placed him in pretrial detention on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 6 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 Mustafa Magdi Hamouda, Mohamed Mustafa Rafael, Mohamed Attia Ahmed Musa Hazin, Osama Gamal El Hadi, Mahmoud Tarek Mohamed El Shahat, and Mahmoud Tarek Mohamed El Tohami.
Detention Renewal:
Monday, 23 September
Supreme State Security Prosecution in Cairo renewed the detention of journalist/ Khaled Mamdouh for 15 days pending case No. 1282 of 2024 Supreme State Security on charges of joining a terrorist group and publishing false news and statements.
Supreme State Security Prosecution in Cairo renewed the detention of journalist/ Ramadan Guwaida for 15 days pending case No. 1568 of 2024 Supreme State Security on charges of joining a terrorist group and publishing false news and statements.
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 725 of 2014, 29 of 2016, 640 of 2018, 1555 of 2018, 277 of 2019, 488 of 2019 including journalist Mustafa Al-Khattab, 810 of 2019 including publisher Ismail Al-Qemary, 1118 of 2019, 1318 of 2019, 1400 of 2019, 1470 of 2019, 1779 of 2019, 649 of 2020, 680 of 2020, 1006 of 2020, 1021 of 2020, 1110 of 2020, 482 of 2021, 910 of 2021, 1934 of 2021, 2055 of 2021, 2215 of 2021, 2556 of 2021, 2993 of 2021, 4 of 2022, 907 of 2022, 1097 of 2022, 1473 of 2022, 1539 of 20 22, 1634 of 2022, 1643 of 2022, 2216 of 2022, 2412 of 2022, 2572 of 2022, 85 of 2023, 185 of 2023, 192 of 2023, 1468 of 2023, 1978 of 2023, 2369 of 2023, 3460 for 2023, 3391 for 2023 , Supreme State Security.
Tuesday, 24 September
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 319 of 2013, 759 of 2014, 722 of 2015, 148 of 2017, 700 of 2017, 444 of 2018, 623 of 2018, 1332 of 2018, 1365 of 2018, 1739 of 2018, 650 of 2019, 1358 of 2019, 1413 of 2019, 549 of 2020, 647 of 2020, 867 of 2020, 979 of 2020, 1053 of 2020, 1107 of 2020, 383 of 2021, 626 of 2021, 755 of 2021, 883 of 2021, 911 of 2021, 966 of 2021, 2000 of 2021, 200 of 2022, 400 of 2022, 540 of 2022, 573 of 2022, 6 35 of 2022, 1095 of 2022, 1391 of 2022, 1493 of 2022, 1691 of 2022, 1910 of 2022, 2094 of 2022, 2515 of 2022, 1 of 2023, 60 of 2023, 145 of 2023, 258 of 2023, 294 of 2023, 440 of 2023, 931 of 2023, 1160 of 2023, 1467 of 2023, 1816 of 2023, 2464 of 2023, 2526 of 2023, 2992 of 2023, 3615 of 2023, 165 of 2024, 655 of 2024, 664 of 2024, 665 of 2024, 952 of 2024, 1281 of 2024, 1940 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
Sunday, 29 September
Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of cartoonist/ Ashraf Omar for 15 days in Case No. 1568 of 2024 Supreme State Security.
Acquittal:
Tuesday, 24 September, Wednesday, 25 September, Thursday, 26 September
Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharqia decided to acquit 48 citizens over the course of the three days.
Trials:
Monday, 23 September
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 1 defendant accused of joining a terrorist group to the session on 27 October 2024.
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison postponed the trail of 13 defendants, in the case known in the media as Agouza 2nd cell case to the session on 23 November 2024.
Judicial Rulings:
Tuesday, 24 September
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison ruled to punish 4 defendants with 3 years of aggravated imprisonment in the case known in the media Omrania Cell case.
Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-III, held in Badr Prison ruled to punish 1 defendant with 3 years of aggravated imprisonment in the case of joining a terrorist group in Boulaq Al-Dakrour.
Prison news:
Tuesday, 24 September
The family of former presidential candidate and head of the Strong Egypt Party, Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, announced his refusal to hold a visit with his family inside the glass cabin for the fifth year and his request to meet his family in a normal visit.
Legal Comment
Five years of violating the right to visit for former presidential candidate and head of the Strong Egypt Party, Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh… Five years of violating the provisions of the Prisons Organization Law and its executive regulations regarding the right to visits and correspondence… Five years of depriving Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh of a normal visit inside his prison, in which the provisions of the Prisons Organization Law and its executive regulations apply. Article 38 of the Prisons Organization Law regulates the issue of visits to prisoners. According to this article, the prisoner has the right to receive a visit from his relatives or his lawyer at specific times and under certain conditions, and that his relatives visit twice a month. Article 60 of the Executive Regulations of the Prisons Regulation Law confirms this.
In 2014, the legislator introduced an amendment to the Prisons Regulations by virtue of Interior Minister Decision No. 3320 of 2014, amending the text of Article 71 of the Regulations, so that the duration of the visit becomes 60 minutes instead of 15 minutes before the amendment. While it appears from the amendments regarding the duration of the visit that it is a good thing to take into account the prisoner’s right to communicate with the outside world, however, the case of Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh is a living example that the Prisons Regulations are just ink on paper. That these texts remain mere texts confined to volumes that do not apply to reality, where for 5 full years, Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh’ s visit have been through a glass booth and a telephone for a few minutes, which motivated him, after five full years, to refusing the visit and demanding that it be a normal visit, he communicates with his children and grandchildren after 7 years of suffering in solitary confinement.
More than two years have passed since Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, in Badr Prison; have considered the sessions to renew the detention of thousands of citizens detained pending investigation cases by the Supreme State Security Prosecution. Not one decision to release even one citizen.
This confirms the fundamental problem in respecting justice, since the continued detention without trial or even without taking a decision on renewal is considered a flagrant violation of human rights.