Summary:

 

1. Supreme State Security Prosecution investigated journalist Rasha Qandil and charged her with publishing false news and statements domestically and abroad, and then released her on a bail of EGP 50,000 in State Security Case No. 4196 of 2025.
2. Administrative Court postponed the appeal of the decision to privatize public hospitals.
3. Renewing the detention of hundreds of citizens pending Supreme State Security cases including Ahmed Sirag, a presenter on Zat Misr news website.
4. Maximum imprisonment for defendants in the 2^nd ISIS cell case in Omrania.
5. Release of former parliamentarian and presidential candidate Ahmed Tantawi after serving his sentence in the presidential authorization case.

Details

 

I.      Arrest and Enforced Disappearance:

Monday, 26 May

1. Security forces at Hahia Police Station in Sharqia arrested citizen Yasser Abdel Rahman Mohamed Okasha from his home and took him to an unknown location, without presenting him to any investigation authority.

Thursday, 29 May

• Security forces at Belbeis Police Station in Sharqia arrested Ashraf Saad from his home and took him to an unknown location, without presenting him to any investigating authority.

II.             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, 25 May

1. State Security Prosecution investigated journalist Rasha Qandil, wife of former parliamentarian and presidential candidate Ahmed Tantawi, in State Security Case No. 4196 of 2025, on charges of deliberately broadcasting false news and statements to harm Egypt’s reputation at home and abroad. The prosecution ordered her release on a bail of EGP 50,000.

• Public Prosecution:

Monday, 26 May

• 10^th of Ramadan Prosecution in Sharqia investigated Ragab Mohamed Tolba and Hisham El-Sayed Mohamed after arresting them from their homes and accusing them of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements then placing them in pretrial detention.

Thursday, 29 May

1. Belbeis Prosecution in Sharqia investigated citizen Mahmoud Mohamed Hassanein after arresting him from his home and putting him in 15 days enforced disappearance, and then accused him of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news and statements placing him in pretrial detention
2. Zagazig Prosecution in Sharqia investigated 3 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 Salah Mohamed Abdel Ghani, Mustafa Hassan Mustafa Al-Salawi, and Ali Amin Al-Galoudi.

III.           Detention Renewal:

Monday, 26 May

• The Supreme State Security prosecution renewed the detention of citizen Walid Muhammad al-Said for 15 days pending investigations into Case No. 847 of 2025, Supreme State Security, on charges of joining a group established in violation of the law and the constitution.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber -II, 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, 2013 of 2021, 2207 of 2021, 1691 of 2022, 1752 of 2022, 1977 of 2022, 95 of 2023, 184 of 2023, 333 of 2023, 716 of 2023, 2469 of 2023 including student Saad Awad Hassan, 409 of 2024, 598 of 2024, 4474 of 2024, 5054 of 2024 including journalist Ahmed Bayoumi, 6171 of 2024, 7430 of 2024, 2 of 2025, 9 of 2023 2025, Supreme State Security.

Tuesday, 27 May

1. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber -II, 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, 2397 of 2021, 41 of 2022, 1516 of 2022, 2216 of 2022, 325 of 2023, 585 Of 2023, 744 of 2023, 2464 of 2023, 2468 of 2023 including Abdul Samad Rabie, 2991 of 2023, 3391 of 2023, 550 of 2024, 665 of 2024, 715 of 2024, 2558 of 2024, 2301 of 2024, 2806 of 2024, 3435 of 2024, 3510 of 2024, 3529 of 2024, 4091 of 2024, 4334 of 2024, 4399 of 2024, 6026 of 2024, 6170 of 2024, 6671 of 2024, 6678 of 2024, 7169 of 2024, 7239 of 2024, 1 of 2025, 3 of 2025, 4 of 2025, 5 of 2025, 7 of 2025 including news Broadcaster Ahmed Sirag, Supreme State Security.

IV.          Acquittal

Monday, 26 May

• Zagazig Criminal Court in Sharqia decided to acquit Abdel Rahman Ahmed Fouad on bail of residence, on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.

V.             Release:

Wednesday, 28May

Security forces released former parliamentarian and former presidential candidate Ahmed Tantawi after completing his sentence in the case known in the media as the presidential authorization case.

VI.          Trials:

Sunday, 25 May

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of Ahmed Aboul Fotouh, son of former presidential candidate and head of the Strong Egypt Party Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, in Case No. 440 of 2018, known as the case of Strong Egypt Movement case to the session of 10 June 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 23 defendants, in Case No. 18739 of 2024, known as the case of Nasr City Specialized Committees Cell to the session of 13 July 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 54 defendants, in Case No. 14255 of 2024, Nasr City-I Felonies, known as the case of the Administrative Structure of the Muslim Brotherhood in Nasr City to the session of 13 July 2025.

Tuesday, 27 May

• Administrative Court adjourned Appeal No. 77456 of Judicial Year 78, by Dr. Mona Mina and others, against the decision of the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, and the Chairman of the General Authority for Investment to privatize public hospitals, to the session of 5 August 2025.
• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison decided to extend the sentencing hearing for 2 defendants in the case known in the media as the Qena ISIS Cell Case to the session of 28 May 2025.

Wednesday, 28 May

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison postponed the retrial of 17 defendants, in Case No. 12989 of 2023, known in the medica as the case of the 2^nd Agouza Cell, to the session of 27 July 2025.

VII.        Judicial Rulings:

Wednesday, 14 May

• Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held in Badr Prison sentenced 1 defendant to 5 years in prison and another defendant to 3 years in prison in Case No. 17881 of 2024, known in the media as the 2^nd Omrania ISIS Cell Case

Legal Comment

The Administrative Court has decided to postpone the ruling on the appeal filed against the decision to privatize a number of public hospitals, a decision that causes great concern, especially in light of the direct consequences of this step, which affect the right of all citizens to healthcare, which is a fundamental constitutional right.

Therefore, postponing the hearing of this crucial case without a swift and decisive resolution will negatively impact the lives of citizens, especially the poorest and most vulnerable groups, as well as places an additional responsibility on the judiciary to uphold the right of citizens to health and dignity and confront any infringement on their basic services under the guise of development or investment.