Summary:

1. Supreme State Security Prosecution acquits 5 citizens pending 5 cases.
2. Security forces in Sharqia releases 4 citizens following their release orders.
3. Release of 2,777 criminal prisoners, following the pardon decree by the President of the Republic.
4. The death of 2 citizens in detention centers after deterioration of their health.
5. Supreme State Security Prosecution continues investigating citizens.

Details

I.                Prosecution Investigations:

• Supreme State Security Prosecution:

During the bulletin’s coverage period; State Security Prosecution investigates dozens of citizens, under the Anti-Terrorism Law and remanded in custody.

II.             Acquittal:

Thursday, 3 April

• Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to acquit 5 citizens. They are Hatem Fawzi Abdel Fattah El Gendi in Case No. 508 of 2023, Walid Abdel Moneim Darwish Mustafa in Case No. 585 of 2023, Hamoud Farag Abdo Abdel Nabi in Case No. 325 of 2023, Ibrahim Morsi Hussein Mohamed in Case No. 182 of 2024, and Ihab Ahmed Mohamed El Maddah in Case No. 184 of 2024.

III.           Release:

Monday, Tuesday, 31 March, 1 April

1. The security forces Kafr Saqr Police Station in Sharqia released 4 citizens after completing the procedures of his release and receiving the signal from National Security. They are Mansour Gamal Salem, Mohamed Salah Mohamed, Mustafa Magdy Hamouda, and Yasser Ahmed Al-Leithi.

IV.          Trials:

Saturday, 5 April

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 22 defendants, in Case No. 340 of 2022, State Security Felonies, known as the case of the Administrative Structure of the Muslim Brotherhood.

V.             Prison News:

Sunday, 30 March

1. Mohamed Abdel Raseq Ahmed Ghoneim, a citizen in Damanhour Prison pending case No. 1238 of 2024, 10^th of Ramadan-III, died in his cell without announcing the cause.

Tuesday, 1 April

• The Ministry of Interior released 2,777 prisoners in execution of the Pardon Decision No. 158 of 2025 for the remaining term of their sentences by the President of the Republic on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
• of activist —– from his prison in —— Prison to the ——— after his announcement of hunger strike.

Thursday, 3 April

• Abdel Fattah Mohamed Abdel Maqsoud Obaida, who had been in pretrial detention for a year and a half, died in his cell at Gamassa Maximum Security Prison after his health deteriorated.

Legal Comment

The presidential pardon decision, which has limited the remaining sentences of criminal prisoners to those serving sentences, is disappointing.

The continued imprisonment of thousands of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners represents a blatant violation and a retaliatory measure against pro-democracy advocates and supporters of the January Revolution.

It also contradicts the claims of opening up the public sphere and promoting national dialogue.

• The lack of news and events is due to the official Eid Al-Fitr holiday, which extended from March 29, 2025 to April 2, 2025.