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Observatory of Justice in Egypt from 30 August – 5 September, 2026
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 30 August – 5 September, 2026 Summary: Details During the bulletin’s coverage period; State Security Prosecution investigates dozens of citizens, who reappeared following varying periods of enforced disappearance, under the Anti-Terrorism Law and remanded in custody. Thursday, 3 September Monday, 31 August Thursday, 3 September Sunday, 30 August Monday, 31 […]
Civil Society Watch in Egypt
August 2026
“Parties, Trade Unions, and Human Rights Movements”
Section One: Political Parties Introduction Throughout August 2026, there was a clear divergence in political parties’ stances on ongoing issues and events. Pro-government parties, for example, focused primarily on service-oriented and grassroots activities, with little attention to incidents and developments affecting citizens and their daily lives, particularly accidents that claimed the lives of dozens of […]
Judiciary and Transitional Justice Bulletin in Egypt ( August 16 to 29, 2026)
Bulletin Summary: Citizen Abdullah Ramadan has been forcibly disappeared again following 11 years of trials, release orders, and recycled charges (“rotation”). Authorities are prosecuting siblings of overseas dissidents, arresting them, charging them with terrorism-related offenses, and placing them in pretrial detention. A citizen’s pretrial detention was renewed despite a technical outage of the video display […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 23 – 29 August, 2026
Summary: Enforced disappearance of Abdullah Ramadan again after orders of his acquittal on 9 August. State Security Prosecution and the Consultative Chamber of the Criminal Court renews the detention of hundreds of citizens. Postponing the trials of hundreds of citizens on terrorism cases. Cairo Criminal Court hands down life sentences in three terrorism cases. Transfer […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 16 – 22 August, 2026
Summary: State Security Prosecution investigates and detains the brothers of political opponents abroad on terrorism charges pending investigations. State Security Prosecution has renewed the detention of human rights lawyer Mohamed Abu El-Diyar and director Omar Salah. Security forces in Sharqia Governorate arrested Dr. Mahmoud Hosni Atman and Professor Mahmoud El-Gamal and forcibly disappeared them. An […]



