Summary:

1. State Security Prosecution releases imprisoned former parliamentarian Ahmed Tantawi in 2 cases, and returns him to prison.
2. Rotation of 33 citizens in Sharqia, to new cases by the Supreme State Security Prosecution.
3. Supreme State Security Prosecution renews hundreds of Supreme State Security cases.
4. Imprisoned citizen Saad Abu Al-Enein died in 10^th of Ramadan Prison after his health had deteriorated.
5. Parliament approves the Criminal Procedure Code.
6. Supreme State Security Prosecution refers Case No. 1977 of 2023 to trial.

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.

Sunday, 27 April

• Supreme State Security Prosecution in Cairo summoned former parliamentarian Ahmed Tantawi from prison for investigation, in both cases No. 2468 of 2023 and No. 2635 of 2023. He is charged with incitement to commit a terrorist act using force and violence, intimidation with the aim of disrupting public order, endangering public safety, and incitement to participate in a gathering of more than five people with the aim of preventing and obstructing the implementation of laws and influencing public authorities in the exercise of their duties, which could have endangered public peace if the participants were carrying weapons. He was released after on bail.
• Public Prosecution:

Sunday, 27 April

1. 10^th of Ramadan Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 4 citizens after arresting them from their homes and accusing them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements, and then detained them pending investigation. They are Ahmed Sayed Mohamed El-Nahhal, Hassan Shehata Abdel-Jalil, Mohamed El-Said El-Aidi, and Abdo Salim Ahmed.

Tuesday, 29 April

1. Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 6 citizens after arresting them from their homes, accusing them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements and then kept them in pretrial detention. They are Gamal Ibrahim Tawfiq, Taha Ibrahim Tawfiq, Mustafa Abdel-Hamid Mohamed, Khaled Hassan Ahmed Al-Saadani, Khalil Al-Sayed Khalil, and Tohami Mohamed.

Wednesday, 30 April

1. 10^th of Ramadan-I Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Atef Mohamed Saeed after arresting him from home in Belbeis and charged him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements and then kept him in pretrial detention.

Thursday, 1 May

• Mashtoul Al-Souq Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Ahmed Salim Shalaby after arresting him from home and charged him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements and then kept him in pretrial detention.

II.             Rotation Pending New Cases:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 28, 29, 30 April

1. Zagazig Total Prosecution in Sharqia rotated 33 citizens, after delaying the implementation of their release procedures, and then investigated them on charges of joining a terrorist group.

III.           Detention Renewal:

Monday, 28 April

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber -I, held at Badr Prison considered a session to renew the detention of hundreds of citizens pending cases Nos. 316 of 2017, 65 of 2021 including activist Nermin Hussein, 912 of 2021, 2013 of 2021, 2207 of 2021, 1691 of 2022, 1752 of 2022, 1977 of 2022, 95 of 2023, 184 of 2023, 333 of 2023, 424 of 2023, 440 of 2023, 641 of 2023, 716 of 2023, 1582 of 2023, 2469 of 2023, 288 of 2024, 409 of 2024, 598 of 2024, 2627 of 2024, 4474 of 2024, 6082 of 2024, 7430 of 2024, Supreme State Security.

Tuesday, 29 April

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber -I, held at Badr Prison considered a session to renew the detention of hundreds of citizens pending cases Nos. 1301 of 2018, 1480 of 2019, 1898 of 2019, 662 of 2020, 2056 of 2021, 2397 of 2021, 41 of 2022, 1516 of 2022, 2216 of 2022, 185 of 2023, 325 of 2023, 2468 of 2023, 2991 of 2023, 3391 of 2023, 550 of 2024, 2558 of 2024, 2806 of 2024, 3435 of 2024, 3510 of 2024, 3529 of 2024, 4091 of 2024, 4334 of 2024, 4399 of 2024, 6671 of 2024, 6678 of 2024, Supreme State Security

IV.          Acquittal:

Sunday, 19 January

• Belbeis Misdemeanor Appeals Court decided to acquit 4 citizens after accepting their appeal against their pretrial detention order, which accused them of joining a terrorist group. They are Megahed Ahmed Ahmad, Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Baqi, Mustafa Rizq, and Mahmoud Ali.

V.             Trials:

Sunday, 27 April

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of Ahmed Aboul Fotouh, son of former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, in Case No. 440 of 2018, State Security to the session of 25 May 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 117 defendants, in Case No. 9453 of 2024, Omrania Felonies, known as the case of Media Cell to the session of 21 June 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 5 defendants, in Case No. 14406 of 2024, Helwan Felonies, known as the case of Helwan ISIS Cell to the session of 21 June 2025.

Monday, 28 April

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 111 defendants, in Case No. 31947 of 2022, Marg Felonies, known as the case of Tala’ea Hasm Terrorist to the session of 22 June 2025.

Tuesday, 29 April

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 13 defendants, in Case No. 16663 of 2023, Kerdassa Felonies, known as the case of the 2^nd Kerdasa ISIS Cell to the session of 23 June 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 7 defendants, in Case No. 12851 of 2024, known as the case of the Currency Smuggling to the session of 23 June 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 2 defendants, in Case No. 17881 of 2024, Omrania Felonies, known as the case of the 2^nd Omrania ISIS cell to the session of 24 May 2025.

Saturday, 3 May

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 1 defendant, in Case No. 11971 of 2024, Boulaq Felonies, known as the case of the Boulaq ISIS case to the session of 91 June 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 22 defendants, in Case No. 11971 of 2024, State Security Felonies, known as the case of the Muslim Brotherhood Administrative Structure to the session of 1 June 2025.

VI.          Judicial Rulings:

Saturday, 3 May

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-I, held in Badr Prison ruled to sentence 1 defendant to 3 years of hard labour in Case No. 20473 of 2023, on charges of joining a terrorist group.

VII.        Decisions and legislation:

Tuesday, 29 April

• The House of Representatives approved the draft Criminal Procedures Law in its plenary session, voted on it, and sent it to the President of the Republic.

VIII.     Actions of Public Prosecution

• Supreme State Security Prosecution referred Case No. 1977 of 2023, Supreme State Security, with 58 defendants, to Cairo Court of Appeals to determine a jurisdiction to hear the case.

IX.          Prison News:

Sunday, 27 April

• Imprisoned citizen Saad Abu Al-Enein died in 10th of Ramadan Prison after his health had deteriorated. No cause of death has been announced yet.

Legal Comment

Former parliamentarian Ahmed Tantawi was investigated, despite his prison term, in two politically motivated cases. This investigation occurred about a month before the end of his sentence, which leaves his freedom in limbo and at risk of being taken away at any moment, as well as clearly reveals the brutality of the rotation prison system and its disregard for the law.

The expansion of the rotation phenomenon in Sharqia on the grounds of new cases not only represents a blatant violation of the constitution and the law, but also reveals the insistence of some security agencies on using pretrial detention as a tool for punishment and revenge. It has made Sharqia a concentrated target of police attention for over two years.