Trials
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 […]
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, […]
Civil Society Watch in Egypt September 2026
“Parties, Trade Unions, and Human Rights Movements”
Section One: Political Parties Introduction The month of September 2026 witnessed a sharp divergence between pro-government parties, such as the Nation’s Future Party and the Homeland Protectors Party, which focused on service-oriented initiatives and support for official policies, and opposition parties, such as the Constitution Party, the Socialist Popular Alliance Party, and the Revolutionary Socialists […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 9-15 August, 2026
Summary: Arrest and enforced disappearance of 4 citizens from Sharqia. Acquittal of citizen Abdullah Rabie Ibrahim after 11 years of pretrial detention and repeated transfers. Postponing the hearing for a defendant with disabilities. Director Omar Marei complained of restricted medical care during his detention renewal hearing, and the State Security Prosecution renewed his detention. Repeated […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 2 – 8 August, 2026
Summary: Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, held at Badr Prison, sentenced 13 citizens to life imprisonment and aggravated imprisonment in four cases. State Security Prosecution and the Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers renewed the detention of hundreds of citizens. Constitutional Court rejects an appeal challenging the constitutionality of Articles 384 and 395/1-2 of the Criminal […]
Observatory of Justice in Egypt 26 July– 1 August, 2026
Summary: Constitutional Court rejects an appeal challenging the constitutionality of Articles 384 and 395/1-2 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Supreme State Security Prosecution orders the renewal of detention of activist Nael Hassan. Cairo Criminal Court, Terrorism Chambers, held at Badr Prison, continues trials for 1,369 citizens in 38 cases throughout the week. Rotation of 5 […]