Justice and Transitional Justice Bulletin
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 […]
Judiciary and Transitional Justice Bulletin in Egypt ( July 30 to August 15, 2026)
Bulletin Summary: Arrest and enforced disappearance of 4 citizens from Sharqia Governorate. Release of citizen Abdullah Rabie Ibrahim Ramadan after 11 years of pretrial detention and recycling. Film director Omar Marei complains of restricted medical care during his detention renewal session, and the State Security Prosecution renews his remand. Recycling “Tadweer” of 43 citizens in […]
Judiciary and Transitional Justice Bulletin in Egypt (July 15 to 29, 2026)
Bulletin Summary: Journalist Haider Qandil appeared before the Supreme State Security Prosecution after 23 days of enforced disappearance. He was questioned about his religious beliefs and ordered into pretrial detention. Former parliamentary candidate and teachers’ union activist Dr. Mohamed Zahran was arrested after calling for a meeting with teachers to discuss ways to implement court […]
Judiciary and Transitional Justice Bulletin in Egypt (June 30 to July 14, 2026)
Newsletter Summary: The Second Terrorism Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court hears prosecution witnesses in a case despite the absence of 6 defendants. Assault on film director Omar Salah inside his cell by another inmate; the prison administration transfers the assailant. Detention of a child renewed before the State Security Prosecution, and detention of other […]
Judiciary and Transitional Justice Bulletin Period: 16-30 June 2026
First: Trials and the Judiciary 1- Trials During the second half of June 2026, approximately 56 court hearings were held involving more than 2,000 defendants, most of them in State Security felony cases before the terrorism circuits at Badr Prison (“Badr Court Complex” inside Badr Prison), in addition to the appeal against the conviction of […]
Judiciary and Transitional Justice Bulletin Period: 1–15 June 2026
First: Trials and the Judiciary The first half of June 2026 witnessed numerous trials (nearly 100 trials) before the terrorism circuits – the First Terrorism Circuit headed by Judge Mohamed El-Saeed El-Sherbiny with Judges Wael Omran and Gharib Ezzat as members, and the Second Terrorism Circuit headed by Judge Wagdy Abdel Moniem with Judges Wael […]
Justice and Transitional Justice Bulletin May 2026
First: Trials Despite the relatively long Eid al-Adha holiday period, approximately 166 court hearings involving more than 700 defendants were held during May. Most of these proceedings were conducted before State Security felony circuits and terrorism chambers at Badr Prison Court Complex, in addition to the trial of activist Ahmed Douma before the Fifth […]