24 April 2022
Today, the Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to release activist Mohamed Salah Abdel Aziz under the guarantee of his residence, pending lawsuit No. 855 of 2020 (Supreme State Security).
Security forces arrested Salah while he was in a café in Dokki on November 29, 2019, and after almost two and half years of pretrial detention he was released today.
Salah faced charges of joining and financing a terrorist group, and spreading false news using a social media account.
11 April 2022
On April 11 hearing, The Criminal Court (Fifth Terrorism Circuit) decided to renew the detention of Activist Mohamed Salah Abdel-Aziz for 45 days, in connection with lawsuit No. 855 of 2020 Supreme State Security. The second lawsuit that Salah has been charged in since his arrest in 2019.
After Salah had been arrested, he was first listed in lawsuit No. 488 of 2019 Supreme State Security Prosecution, after eight months of pretrial detention, the Cairo Criminal Court ordered to release of him pending investigation into the lawsuit. However, the Ministry of Interior refrained from executing the order and detained Salah illegally inside the Dar al-Salaam police station in Cairo governorate for 34 days before he was presented for the second time before the Supreme State Security Prosecution pending the current lawsuit.
Salah is charged with joining and financing a terrorist group, and spreading false news using a social media account, the same charges he faced in the first lawsuit.
8 March 2022 “Criminal Court renews Mohamed Salah’s detention for 45 days and releases Ahmed Yousry Ghaly”
Yesterday, The Criminal Court (Second Terrorism Circuit) decided to renew the detention of Mohamed Salah Abdel-Aziz for 45 days, in connection with Case No. 855 of 2020 Supreme State Security. The Court also decided to release Ahmed Yousry Ghaly with the guarantee of his place of residence in connection with the same case.
Security forces arrested Salah while he was in a café in Dokki on November 29, 2019, against the backdrop of blogging about activist Esraa Abdel Fatah’s arrest incident, while Ghaly was arrested from his house on August 25, 2020, against the background of a Facebook post.
The investigations charged them both with joining and financing a terrorist group, spreading false news using a social media account.
26 January 2022
On Wednesday, The Criminal Court (The 3rd Circuit Terrorism) decided to renew the detention of Mohamed Salah Abdel-Aziz for 45 days pending investigations in connection with his second case No. 855 of 2020 (Supreme State Security). The court also decided to renew Ahmed Yousry Ghaly’s detention for 45 days pending investigations in connection with the same case.
Salah was illegally detained inside the Dar al-Salaam police station for 34 days, during which he was subjected to physical assault before being rotated in connection with the current case, while a police force stormed Ghaly’s a former member of the Al-Dostor Party house against the background of posts he shared on Facebook.
Salah and Ghaly both face charges of joining and financing a terrorist group, spreading false news using a social media account.
12 December 2021
Yesterday, The Criminal Court (The Fourth Circuit Terrorism) decided to renew the detention of Mohamed Salah and Ahmed Yousry Ghaly for 45 days in connection with Case No. 855 of 2020 (Supreme State Security).
Both of them were arrested at different times, as the security forces arrested Salah while he was in a café in Dokki on November 29, 2019, against the backdrop of blogging about activist Esraa Abdel Fatah’s arrest incident, while Ghaly was arrested from his house on August 25, 2020, against the background of a Facebook post.
The investigations charged them both with joining and financing a terrorist group, spreading false news using a social media account.
2 November 2021
Tuesday, November 2, The Criminal Court (The Second Circuit Terrorism) decided to renew the detention of Mohamed Salah and Ahmed Yousry Ghaly for 45 days pending Case No. 855 of 2020 (Supreme State Security).
On November 29, 2019, Salah was arrested while he was in a café in Dokki against blogging about activist Esraa Abdel Fatah’s arrest incident, while Ghaly’s house was stormed on August 25, 2020, against the background of a Facebook post.
The investigations charged them with joining and financing a terrorist group, spreading false news using a social media account.
5 October 2021
Tuesday, October 5, The Criminal Court (The Second Circuit Terrorism) considered the detention order of both “Mohamed Salah” and “Ahmed Yousry Ghaly” and ordered to extend it for 45 days. This came pending Case No. 855 of 2020 (Supreme State Security).
It’s worth noting that security forces arrested “Salah” on November 29, 2019, as he was accompanied by the activist “Esraa Abdel-Fatah” during the incident of her arrest in October of the same year, and he continued to write about the incident and call for her release on Social media.
And security forces broke into the house of engineer and former member of the Al-Dostor Party “Ghaly” on August 25, 2020, against the background of publishing a Facebook post.
The investigations charged them with joining and financing a terrorist group and spreading false news by using a social media account.
11 July 2021
Cairo Criminal Court “The Third Circuit Terrorism” considered the detention order of both “Mohamed Salah Abdel Aziz” and “Ahmed Yousry Ghaly”, and ordered to renew the detention for 45 extra days, this came pending Case No. 855 of 2020 Supreme State Security, and also extended the precautionary measures for “Khaled Elsayed Elbadawy” and “Ahmed Fathy Massoud” pending the same case, The mentioned court considered the order to renew the defendants’ detention on Sunday, July 11, 2021, in the presence of AFTE’s lawyer.
The security forces arrested “Mohamed Salah” in November 2019, as he was accompanied by the activist “Esraa Abdel-Fatah” during the incident of her arrest in October of the same year, and he continued to write about the incident and call for her release on Social media, and Similar to What happened with “Mohamed Salah”, the security forces broke into the house of engineer and former member of the Al-Dostor Party “Ahmed Yousry Ghaly” on August 25, 2020, against the background of publishing a Facebook post, and their detention is still pending renewal till now.
The investigations charged them with joining and financing a terrorist group and spreading false news through using a social media account.
29 June 2021
Cairo Criminal Court (The Third Circuit Terrorsim), had decided in Tuesday’s session, June 29, 2021, to renew the detention of both “Mohamed Salah Abdel Aziz” and “Ahmed Yousry Ghaly” for 45 days pending Case No. 855 of 2020 Supreme State Security, and to extend the precautionary measures of “Khaled Elsayed Elbadawy” and “Ahmed Fathy Massoud” for 45 days pending the same case.
After they were charged with joining and financing a terrorist group, publishing false news and statements by using a social media account.
13 June 2021
Cairo Criminal Court (The Third Circuit Terrorsim”, had decided at Sunday’s session, June 13, 2021, to renew the detention of both “Mohamed Salah” and “Ahmed Yousry Ghaly” for 45 days pending Case No. 855 of 2020 Supreme State Security, and also to replace the pretrial detention with precautionary measures for “Ahmed Fathy Massoud”, and to extend the precautionary measures of “Khaled Elsayed Elbadawy” for 45 days, pending the same case.
After they were charged with joining and financing a terrorist group, publishing false news and statements by using a social media account.
13 June 2021
The Council Chamber of The Criminal Court, had decided on Sunday’s session June 13, 2021, to renew the detention of both “Mohamed Mamdouh Abdel Halim” and “Zeyad Abou El-Fadl” for 45 Days Pending Investigations of Case No. 855 of 2020 Supreme State Security.
They were charged with joining a terrorist group, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements, using a social media account for the purpose of publishing and broadcasting false news and statements.
It should be noted that the Criminal Court had decided to release “Zeyad Abou El-Fadl” with precautionary measures, who had been detained pending Case No. 1739 of 2018, also a judgment had been issued to release “Mohamed Mamdouh Abdel Halim” with precautionary measures pending Case No. 1331 of 2019, however, the judgment was not implemented, until they were presented before the Supreme State Security Prosecution in Case No. 855 of 2020 Supreme State Security.
18 May 2021
Cairo Criminal Court, the third circuit (terrorism), had decided to postpone the hearing on the renewal on the detention of activist “Mohamed Salah Abdel Aziz”, “Ahmed Fathy Massoud”, and “Ahmed Yousry Ghaly”, which was supposed to be held on Thursday 16 May 2021, to Sunday 13 June 2021, due to the national holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
Salah is charged with joining and financing a terrorist group, spreading false news using social media, pending case No. 855 of 2020 supreme state security, and notably, He wasn’t allowed to attend the last two sessions.
27 April 2021
Cairo criminal court, (The Third Circuit terrorism), decided to renew the detention of “Mohamed Salah Abdel Aziz”, “Ahmed Fathy Massoud”, “Ahmed Yousry Ghaly”, and “Khaled Elsayed Elbadawy”, for 45 days pending investigations into case No. 855 of 2020, Supreme State Security.
It is also noteworthy that “Salah” didn’t attend the hearing of renewing his detention, and while the defense requested his presence, their request was rejected by the head of the court, and accordingly, the defense requested to refer the case to another circuit to look into renewing his detention as the hearing was invalidated due to the defendant’s absence, which violates the provisions of Articles 136, 142 and 143 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
16 March 2021
The Third Circuit (Criminal / Terrorism), decided to renew the detention of “Mohamed Salah Abdel Aziz”, “Ahmed Fathy Massoud”, “Ahmed Yousry Ghaly”, and “Khaled Elsayed Elbadawy”, for 45 Days pending investigations into case No. 855 of 2020, Supreme State Security, the court has also decided to replace the pre-trial detention with a precautionary measure for “Islam Ahmed Samak” who is also being held pending the same mentioned case.
It is also noteworthy that “Salah” wasn’t brought from his jail cell to attend the trial session, the activist is facing charges of joining and financing a terrorist group, and spreading false news on social media.
24 August 2021
The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided yesterday, August 24, to detain activist Mohamed Salah Abdel Aziz for 15 days pending investigations into case no. 855 of 2020 Supreme State Security, in which he faces charges of joining a terrorist group, financing that group, and publishing false news and information using an account on social media.
It is noteworthy that Salah was imprisoned pending case no. 488 of 2019 Supreme State Security. On July 19, 2020, the First Circuit/Terrorism decided to replace remand detention with precautionary measures, and the prosecution did not appeal the decision.
Indeed, he was transferred from Tora Prison to the Dar Al-Salam Police Department to complete the procedures for his release. He remained detained since the court’s decision until yesterday, when he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution, which decided to imprison him pending a new case.
