Judicial rulings
Judiciary and Transitional Justice Bulletin in Egypt (September 30 to October 14, 2026)
Bulletin Summary: Bulletin Items: First. Public Prosecution Investigations: After being detained for 5 days in an unknown location on October 3 and 4, 2026, the Supreme State Security Prosecution investigated six journalists from the “Matsadaksh” platform: Mohamed Ashraf Abou Omeira, Abdullah Qadri, Islam Barakat, Omar Helal, Mohamed Mahmoud, and Mohamed Adel, following five days of […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 4 – 10 October, 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. Sunday, Monday, 4, 5 October Monday, 5 October Sunday, 4 October Monday, 5 October In trials that lacked the most important standard and guarantees of […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 27 September – 3 October, 2026
Summary: Details Tuesday, 29 September 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. Wednesday, 30 September Sunday, 27 September Monday, 28 September In trials that lacked the most important standard and guarantees of a fair […]
Judiciary and Transitional Justice Bulletin in Egypt (September 15 to 29, 2026)
Bulletin Summary: Bulletin Items: First. Public Prosecution Investigations: Following this, Dina Ezzat turned herself in, accompanied by her lawyer, to the Madinet Nasr Police Station. She was interrogated by the Madinet Nasr Prosecution on charges of publishing false news and statements. During the interrogation, she stated that she was assaulted inside the police station. Consequently, […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 20 – 26 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. Tuesday, 22 September Sunday, 20 September Monday, 21 September Wednesday, 23 September Monday, 21 September Tuesday, 22 September In trials that lacked the most important […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 13 – 19 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, 17 September Sunday, 13 September Monday, 13 September In trials that lacked the most important standard and guarantees of a fair and just trial, […]
Judiciary and Transitional Justice Bulletin in Egypt ( August 30 to September 15, 2026)
Bulletin Summary: Bulletin Items: First. Investigation and Rotation into New Cases: Reappearing After 5 Years of Disappearance: Detention of Eid Ibrahim Instead of Investigating the Circumstances of His Disappearance On September 12, the Supreme State Security Prosecution questioned citizen Eid Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim El-Uqaily following his appearance after a disappearance of nearly five years—since his […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 6 – 12 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. Saturday, 12 September He was charged with joining a terrorist group and committing a crime involving the financing of terrorism, and was subsequently detained in […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt from 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 August Sunday, 30 August In trials that lacked the most important […]
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 […]