Summary:

1. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, held at Badr Prison, proceeds with the trials of 890 citizens across 36 cases.
2. Court of Appeal upholds convictions in both cases concerning the killing of journalist Mayada Ashraf and the dispersal of the Al-Nahda sit-in.
3. Death of citizen Morsi Mohamed Abdullah, following the deterioration of his health while in Gamassa Maximum Security Prison.
4. Ministry of Interior denies claims on social media page suggesting that the “Correction and Rehabilitation Centers Fund” generates financial returns through the exploitation of prisoners.
5. The General Assembly of Tanta Court of Appeal, presided over by Judge Abdel Fattah Al-Amir, has decided that Terrorism Felony Chamber-I, located at Wadi El Natrun Prison and presided over by Judge Sameh Abdel Hakam, shall continue its operations.
6. Coinciding with International White Cane Day, the Public Prosecution has made it possible for investigation documents to be printed in Braille for individuals with visual impairments.

Details

1. Prosecution Investigations:

• Supreme State Security Prosecution:

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.

2. Renewal of Detention:

Sunday, 11 October

1. Detention Reviews Judge at New Cairo Court has extended the pretrial detention of 6 young men, including 1 under 18, for 15 days, in Case No. 8430 of 2026, State Security, on charges of exploiting religion to propagate extremist ideologies and showing contempt for religion, following them posting a video that reenacted a scene from the film “Khalawis.”

Tuesday, 13 October

1. Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of journalists from the “Matsadaqsh” platform for 15 days, on charges of joining a terrorist group, committing an act of terrorism financing, disseminating false news and statements, and misusing the internet, in Case No. 8083 of 2026, Supreme State Security. They are Mohamed Ashraf Abu Amira, Abdullah Qadri, Islam Barakat, Omar Hilal, Mohamed Mahmoud, and Mohamed Adel.
2. Acquittal:

Wednesday, 14 October

1. Security forces in Sharqia, with the approval of National Security, acquitted Tharwat Tawfiq Muhammad Tawfiq, following about 6 years spent in pretrial detention and rotations.
2. Security forces in Sharqia, with the approval of National Security, acquitted Gehad Al-Islam Hassan Al-Banna, following about 5 years in pretrial detention and rotations.
3. Trials:

In trials that lacked the most important standard and guarantees of a fair and just trial, which are the principle of publicity of trials, as well as depriving some defendants from attending the sessions and separating the defendants from their lawyers, Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers as well as Terrorism Appeals Chamber, – during the period covered by the bulletin – held the trials of about 890 citizens in 36 cases, the details of which are as follows:

Sunday, 4 October

1. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber, held Badr Prison, presided over by Judge Hamada El-Sawi, with Judges Mohamed Ammar, Raafat Zaki, and Dr. Ali Amara as members, postponed the appeal No. 10565 of 2026, Helwan Appeals, against 1 defendant in Case No. 1325 of 2026, 15 May, on charges of founding and leading a terrorist group, to the session on November 8, 2026, due to the inability to present the appellant from his place of detention.
2. Same Appeals Chamber Postponed Appeal No. 8647 of 2026, Helwan, against 1 defendant in Case No. 6997 of 2015, Helwan, known in the media as the “Helwan Brigades” case, to the session of November 9, 2026, for the presence of the appellant from his place of detention.
3. Same Appeals Chamber Postponed Appeal No. 2803 of 2026, New Cairo, against 4 defendants in Case No. 426 of 2024, 1st Settlement, known in the media as the “Sohag ISIS Cell” case, to the session on November 10, 2026, for the presence of the appellant from his place of detention defense lawyer.
4. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held at Badr Prison, presided over by Judge Wagdi Abdel Moneim, with Judges Abdel Galil Muftah and Diaa Amer as members, postponed the trial of 168 defendants including photojournalist Hamdy El-Zaeem, in Case No. 29 of 2025, 5^th Settlement, known in the media as the “5^th Settlement Cell” case, to the session on December 13, 2026, due to the inability of some defendants to attend.
5. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 9 defendants, in Case No. 713 of 2025, Mataria, known in the media as the “Mataria Cell” case, to the session on November 22, 2026, due to the inability of some defendants to attend.
6. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 13 defendants in Case No. 16553 of 2023, Kerdassa, known in the media as the “Kerdassa ISIS Cell” case, to the session on November 24, 2026, due to the inability of some defendants to attend.
7. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 4 defendants, in Case No. 14097 of 2025, Misr Al-Qadima, known in the media as the “Misr Al-Qadima Cell” case, to the session on November 9, 2026, due to the inability of the defendants to attend.
8. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 7 defendants, in Case No. 25358 of 2025, Helwan, known in the media as the “Helwan ISIS Cell” case, to the session on November 24, 2026, due to the inability of the defendants to attend.
9. Same Chamber, postponed the trial of 5 defendants, in Case No. 4347 of 2026, Helwan, known in the media as the “Helwan Cell” case, to the session on November 25, 2026, due to the inability of the defendants to attend.

Monday, 12 October

10. Same Chamber postponed the trials of 18 defendants in Case No. 11138 of 2026, Mataria, known in the media as “Mataria Cell” case, to the session on December 12, 2026 for review.
11. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 3 defendants in Case No. 3418 of 2026, Agouza, known in the media as the ” Agouza Cell” case, to the session on November 7, 2026, for the defense arguments.
12. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 12 defendants in Case No. 4724 of 2025, Tagamoa, known in the media as the “Administrative Committees Cell” case, to the session on November 25, 2026, to hear the testimony of prosecution witnesses.
13. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 100 defendants in Case No. 9198 of 2025, 5^th Settlement, known in the media as the “5^th Settlement Cell” case, to the session on December 16, 2026, to hear testimony from prosecution witnesses.
14. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 12 defendants including cartoonist Ashraf Omar and journalist Yasser Abu Al-Ela, in Case No. 11846 of 2025, New Cairo known in the media as the “New Cairo Cell” case, to the session on December 14, 2026, to hear the testimony of prosecution witnesses.
15. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 12 defendants in Case No. 785 of 2025, Maadi, known in the media as the “Maadi Cell” case, to the session on November 9, 2026, due to the inability of some defendants to attend.
16. Same Chamber postponed the retrial proceedings of 1 defendant in Case No. 3245 of 2017, Manshia Naser, known in the media as the “Manshia Naser Violence” case, to the session on November 23, 2026, to hear the testimony of prosecution witnesses.
17. Same Chamber postponed the retrial proceedings of 1 defendant in Case No. 10790 of 2013, Heliopolis, known in the media as the “Ettihadia Palace Events” case, to the session on December 12, 2026, for the defense arguments.
18. Same Chamber postponed the retrial proceedings of 1 defendant in Case No. 4160 of 2020, Helwan, known in the media as the “Helwan ISIS” case, to the session on November 23, 2026, for the defense arguments.
19. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber, held Badr Prison, presided over by Judge Hamada El-Sawi, with Judges Mohamed Ammar, Raafat Zaki, and Dr. Ali Amara as members, postponed the appeal No. 4710 of 2026, North Giza Appeals, against 9 defendants in Case No. 12989 of 2024, Agouza, known in the media as the “Agouza Cell” case, to the session on December 14, 2026, to allow for the presentation of technical evidence/aids.
20. Same Appeals Chamber Postponed Appeal No. 2263 of 2026, South Giza Appeals, against 4 defendants in Case No. 12681 of 2013, Giza, known in the media as the “Al-Nahda Sit-in Dispersal” case, to the sentencing session of December 14, 2026.
21. Same Appeals Chamber Postponed Appeal No. 9450 of 2026, South Giza Total Appeals, against 1 defendant in Case No. 7730 of 2024, Hawamdia, known in the media as the “Hawamdia Violence Case” case, to the sentencing session on November 9, 2026,

Tuesday, 13 October

22. Same Appeals Chamber Postponed Appeal No. 10954 of 2026, North Giza Total Appeal, against 2 defendants in Case No. 15 of 2025, Agouza, to the session of November 8, 2026.
23. Same Appeals Chamber Postponed Appeal No. 2994 of 2026, South Cairo Appeals, against 8 defendants in Case No. 8269 of 2011, Sayeda Zeinab, known in the media as the “Cabinet Events/Scientific Institute Arson” case, to the session of December 12, 2026.
24. Same Appeals Chamber Postponed Appeal No. 883 of 2025, Helwan Total Appeals, against 7 defendants in Case No. 13555 of 2024, Helwan, known in the media as the “Delta ISIS” case, to the session of December 15, 2026.
25. Same Appeals Chamber Postponed Appeal No. 11270 of 2026, Central Cairo Appeals, against 1 defendant in Case No. 699 of 2015, Abdeen, known in the media as the “Abdeen Violence Case” case, to the session of December 14, 2026.
26. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held at Badr Prison, presided over by Judge Wagdi Abdel Moneim, with Judges Abdel Galil Muftah and Diaa Amer as members, postponed the trial of 6 defendants in Case No. 901 of 2025, Maadi, known in the media as the “Nasr City Case”, to the session on December 5, 2026, for the defense arguments.
27. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 111 defendants in Case No. 5490 of 2024, Qasr El Nil, known in the media as the “Specialized Action Groups Cell” case, to the session on December 28, 2026.
28. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 4 defendants in Case No. 283 of 2026, Hadaeq al-Qubba, known in the media as the “Hadaeq al-Qubba Cell” case, to the session on November 9, 2026.
29. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 98 defendants in Case No. 8610 of 2026, Mokattam, known in the media as the “Mokattam ISIS Cell” case, to the session on November 21, 2026.
30. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 8 defendants in Case No. 18600 of 2024, Nasr City-I, known in the media as the “Nasr City ISIS Cell” case to the session on December 29, 2026.

Wednesday, 14 October

31. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 18 defendants in Case No. 15978 of 2024, Nasr City-I, known in the media as the “Nasr City Cell” case, to the session on December 13, 2026.
32. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 46 defendants in Case No. 21763 of 2025, Ain Shams, known in the media as the “Ain Shams Cell” case, to the session on December 13, 2026.
33. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 60 defendants in Case No. 9372 of 2026, October-II, known in the media as the “October Cell” case, to the session on November 22, 2026.
34. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 62 defendants in Case No. 54074 of 2025, Haram, known in the media as the “Haram Financial Support Cell” case, to the session on December 30, 2026.
35. Same Chamber postponed the trial of 64 defendants in Case No. 1778 of 2025, New Cairo, known in the media as the “New Cairo Financial Support Cell” case, to the session on December 26, 2026.

5. Judicial Rulings:

Monday, 12 October

1. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Appeals Chamber, held Badr Prison, presided over by Judge Hamada El-Sawi, with Judges Mohamed Ammar, Raafat Zaki, and Dr. Ali Amara as members, rejected Appeal No. 6428 of 2026, South Giza Appeals by 1 defendant in Case No. 12681 of 2013, Giza, known in the media as the “Al-Nahda Sit-in Dispersal” case, and upheld the 3-year prison sentence.

Tuesday, 13 October

1. Same Appeals Chamber ruled to dismiss Appeal No. 6170 of 2026, North Cairo, by 1 defendant in Case No. 14297 of 2014, Ain Shams, known in the media as “the Mayada Ashraf murder” case, and upheld the sentence of aggravated imprisonment.
2. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chamber-II, held at Badr Prison, presided over by Judge Wagdi Abdel Moneim, with Judges Abdel Galil Muftah and Diaa Amer as members, sentenced 8 defendants in absentia to life imprisonment in Case No. 2539 of 2025, Al-Saff. known in the media as the “Al-Saff Cell” case.

6. Prison News:

Tuesday, 13 October

1. Morsi Mohamed Abdullah died while in custody at the Gamassa Maximum-Security Prison, following his health deterioration as he suffered from high blood pressure and diabetes.

Friday, 16 October

1. Juwar Relief Foundation published a leaked message on its Facebook page from detainees at Badr-III Prison, conveying as an urgent plea for help regarding the inspection campaigns and mistreatment they are enduring; actions overseen by a National Security officer and the new head of the prison investigations unit. Additionally, 20 detainees have been held in isolation since the beginning of October without clothing, bedding, or medication, despite some of them suffering from chronic illnesses.

7. Parties of Justice:

1. Judiciary:

Wednesday, 15 October

The General Assembly of Tanta Court of Appeal, presided over by Judge Abdel Fattah Al-Amir, has decided that the Terrorism Felony Chamber-I, held at Wadi El Natrun Prison, would continue its operations, presided over by Judge Sameh Abdel Hakam, with the membership of Yasser Okasha Al-Metnawi, Mohamed Risk Marei, Mohamed Abdel Raouf Al-Coptan, and Wael Mohamed Makram, and that the Chamber would have jurisdiction over terrorism-related cases within the territorial jurisdiction of Tanta Court of Appeal, covering Gharbia, Menoufia, Kafr El-Sheikh, and Qalubia, in addition to its jurisdiction over human trafficking cases, within the same Tanta Court of Appeal coverage.