23 June Sessions
- Criminal Court
The Criminal Court (Second Terrorism Circuit) renewed the detention for 45 days of 2 people:
1- Mohamed Ramadan Asr, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 1976 of 2023 (Supreme State Security).
Asr is accused of posting videos on TikTok in which he discussed the country’s economic situation and electricity outage.
Asr is 42 years old and works as a property guard in Mokattam.
A security force arrested him on August 12 after his videos went viral; the prosecution accused him of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news, and using an internet account to commit a crime.
2- Doctor Hany Soliman, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 508 of 2023 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).
On 27 March 2023, Security forces arrested Soliman, the former marketing director at Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company, from his house after he published several posts on Facebook criticizing the current political regime. The prosecution interrogated him about these posts, and Soliman admitted to owning the publishing account and expressing his political views.
The investigation authorities accused Soliman of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news, and using a social media account to spread the false news.
On the same day, the First Circuit decided the same for – others,
Who were:
1- Mahmoud Gamal Abo Sree, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 508 of 2023 (Supreme State Security).
Security forces arrested Abo Sree On December 19, 2023, from Borg ElArab Airport while returning from abroad to spend a vacation with his family.
He was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on the next day. He was charged with joining a terrorist group while knowing its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and information that would harm security and public order—and using an account on international information networks for publishing and posting false news and information.
It is also worth noting that he was not confronted with any seizures, nor was he confronted with any news or publications concerning him.
2- Hamed Sedeek, pending investigation of lawsuit No. 2207 of 2021 (Supreme State Security Prosecution), the second lawsuit where Sedeek is involved as a defendant.
Sedeek has been in custody for four years without bringing him to trial to prove the validity of the accusations against him, the same accusation brought against political activists without concrete evidence, namely joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and information, and misusing social media.
Sedeek’s arrest occurred on September 23, 2019; he was presented before the prosecution as a defendant pending the first lawsuit No. 1356 of 2019 and after three years in pretrial detention.
The prosecution decided to release him; however, it re-accused him in the second lawsuit only a few days before his release. To practice “rotation” to keep him in prison for a longer period of time.
3- Mohamed Mahmoud Amer Abdel Aziz, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 1984 of 2021 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).
Abdel Aziz was arrested on October 15, 2021; he was subjected to enforced disappearance for 45 days in an unknown location.
The national security investigation report stated that Amer had participated in a media movement attributed to the Muslim Brotherhood “terrorist group”, the same investigation that a warrant for his arrest and summons was issued. Abdel Aziz faces accusations of joining a terrorist group.
4- Al-Tantawy’s presidential campaign member, Khaled Abdel Wahed Amin, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 191 of 2023 (Supreme State Security)
He’s accused of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and information that would harm public peace and order, and using a social media account to spread false news and information.
The security forces arrested Amin from his house on August 27 as part of an expanded security campaign that targeted Al-Tantawy’s supporters, members of his campaign, and his relatives and friends.
5- Ahmed Shaker Abou Elrous and Ali Othman Ali, over attending a football match between Al-Ahly and Ghazal El-Mahala.
The security forces arrested Abou Elrous and Ali from Cairo International Stadium on April 5. They transferred them to Nasr City prosecution, which decided to release them on bail after two days; however, the prosecution’s decision didn’t pass.
On April 10, the security forces transferred them to be interrogated before the Supreme State Security Prosecution, which brought new accusations against them, namely, being a part of a terrorist organization, with knowledge of its aims, committing the crime of financing a terrorist group, spreading false news and statements that would harm public security and order, using an account on social media to spread the false news and information for a terrorist purpose.
The Egyptian authorities continued to target Al-Ahly fans. In the same month, they arrested 30 other fans after a match between Al-Ahly and Al-Ragaa. After this, Al-Ahly club fans demanded a boycott of Cairo International Stadium and burned the fan cards of the Tazkarti website in protest of these arrests. Subsequently, other fans were arrested, estimated at 39 other fans over these calls.
- State Security Prosecution
Moreover, The State Security Prosecution decided to renew the detention of 2 students for 15 days, pending investigations in Case No. 1941 of 2024 State Security on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
The students are:
1- Zyad Muhammad Ahmed Al-Basiouny, who was arrested due to his participation in writing a statement on behalf of the “Students for Palestine” group demanding facilitating the Joining of Palestinian students in Egypt to study and exempting them from expenses.
On April 30, Al-Basyouny attended a meeting with other students to discuss the situation in Palestine. They also established a student group that was supportive of Palestine in all Egyptian universities, and they chose the name “Students for Palestine” for their group.
Al-Basyouny was arrested from his home at dawn on May 9, disappeared in an unknown location, and was interrogated regarding his family’s political activity, as well as his student activities.
The group also issued a statement in which they called on the Ministry of Higher Education to ban products that support the Israeli occupation.
Al-Basyouny is a 20-year-old student at the Acting Institute.
2—Mohamed Ibrahim Abdel Fattah, a student from Mansoura. He was arrested on May 9, and the prosecution investigated him on May 16. He was accused of participating in establishing the “Students for Palestine” group, which demanded facilitating the enrollment of Palestinian students in Egypt and exempting them from tuition fees.
24 June Sessions
- Criminal Court
The Criminal Court (Second Terrorism Circuit) renewed the detention of 2 people for 45 days:
1- The student Ayman Abdel Halim Eldarder pending investigations of lawsuit No. 508 of 2023 (Supreme State Security).
Eldarder was arrested on May 22, 2023 and appeared before the prosecution on the following day, He was accused of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and information, and using an internet account to commit a crime.
Eldarder’s detention continues until this day, a year after he was arrested at Saray El-Koba metro station after the police forces stopped him and searched his mobile phone.
2- Mohamed Ibrahim Abdo, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 2064 of 2023 (Supreme State Security), in which Abdo is involved in posting videos on TikTok criticizing the policies of the country’s current president.
Security forces arrested the 31-year-old Abdo from his house in Monufia Governorate on August 21; he appeared before the prosecution a week after his arrest over accusations of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news, and using an internet account to commit a crime.
On the same day, The Criminal Court (First Circuit Terrorism) renewed the detention of 2 others for the same period:
1- Contractor Abdel Rahaman Alwany pending lawsuit No. 1635 of 2022 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).
Alwany is accused of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and information, and using social media to commit a crime.
Security forces arrested Alwany from his house on the 1st of November 2022.
He was illegally detained for a week before being brought before the prosecution.
2- The enlisted man, Sherif Ahmed Ebrahim, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 2064 of 2023 (State Security) in which Ebrahim is accused of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and information, and using an internet account to commit a crime.
On August 31, the 22-year-old Ebrahim was arrested after he helped a police chief shoot and publish a video on TikTok insulting the Ministry of Interior. The police chief was also arrested and held in custody in the same lawsuit.
- Supreme State Security Prosecution
The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to renew the detention of 2 others for 15 days, as follows:
1- Muhammad Taha Abdel Mawjoud Taha, pending investigations in Case No. 2526 of 2023 (Supreme State Security)
On 10 March 2024, Taha was arrested while returning from work outside the country to spend a vacation with his family.
The next day, Taha was presented to the Supreme State Security Prosecution. He was investigated on charges of joining a terrorist group, publishing and broadcasting false news and data that would harm security and public order, and using an account on social media networks for the purpose of publishing and broadcasting false news and data before the decision to detain him pending investigation was made.
2- Mahmoud Nasser Ali Suleiman pending investigations in Case No. 1410 of 2024 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).
On May 1, 2024, Suleiman was arrested from a street in Ismailia Governorate and remained unlawfully detained until May 4, 2024, when he was presented to the prosecution, which charged him with joining a terrorist group while knowing its purposes and publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that may harm security and public order, and use an account on social media to publish and broadcast false news.
Suleiman was not confronted with any posts on social media indicating that he had published any news.
26 June Sessions
- Misdemeanor Court
Al-Mokattam Misdemeanor Court of Appeal decided to renew the detention of Khaled Galal Helmy for 45 days, pending investigations in Case No. 1113 of 2024, Al Darb Al-Ahmar misdemeanor, on charges of joining a terrorist group and possessing ammunition.
On February 27, the North Cairo Criminal Court released Helmy and decided to replace detention with a precautionary measure. However, Rowd Al-Farag Police Station did not implement the decision, and Khaled was detained in the department until he was presented with a new case.
Helmy is a 50-year-old mosque custodian from Sahel Rowd Al-Farag.
- Criminal Court
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, known as the “T-shirt Detainee,” to 3 years in prison in case No. 37883 of 2017, Al-Marg Felony, on charges of joining an illegal group and participating in a demonstration.
Mahmoud was immediately arrested to complete the rest of his sentence, as he spent about two years and 10 months in pretrial detention pending the case.
The case dates back to January 2014, when Al-Marj police forces arrested him when he was 17 years old and presented him to the Public Prosecution, which detained him on charges of “joining a group established in violation of the law, incitement and participation in demonstrations, and possession of explosives,” before he was released in March 2016.
Last August, Hussein was arrested from an ambush in Giza Governorate, in implementation of a ruling in absentia issued against him by the Emergency State Security Court in 2018 to life imprisonment in the current case.
He was then released on financial guarantee on May 26, 2024, about a month after the court’s decision, while he remained unjustly detained at the Khanka Police Department.
29 June Sessions
- Criminal Court
Cairo Criminal Court (Third Circuit Terrorism) decided to renew the detention of two people despite the withdrawal of their defense teams in objection to the court’s remarks that lawyers can not know if the defendants were there or talk to them.
Here are their names:
1- The Vice-President of the Strong Egypt Political Party, Mohamed Al-Qassas. The detention of Al-Qassas was renewed for 45 days pending his third lawsuit, No. 786 of 2020 (Supreme State Security).
Al-Qassas was arrested in February 2017, coinciding with an extensive arrest campaign launched by the security forces against members and leaders of the Strong Egypt Political Party. He was involved as a defendant in his first lawsuit, No. 977 of 2017, known in the media as the “Mekamleen 2 lawsuit.” after nearly 22 months in pretrial detention, the prosecution ordered his release. However, a few days later, the prosecution interrogated and listed him in a second lawsuit, No. 1781 of 2019, over the same accusations he previously faced.
On August 5, 2020, the Criminal Court ordered Al-Qassas to be released with precautionary measures. Still, the decision was not implemented, and for the third time, Al-Qassas was included in lawsuit No. 786 of 2020, and one more time, over the same accusations. In 2021, the Supreme State Security Prosecution listed Al-Qassas in his fourth lawsuit, No. 440 of 2018. It later referred this lawsuit to the Emergency State Security Court, which sentenced Al-Qassas to 10 years in heavy prison and police observation for five years after the sentence ended.
Al-Qassas is detained over accusations of being a part of a terrorist group with knowledge of this group’s aims and spreading and publishing false news and information.
2- the architect Hassan Abdel Hamid Hassan Ahmed was detained for an extra 45 days pending investigations in Case No. 488 of 2019 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).
Abdel Hamid was arrested in November 2019 and presented to the prosecution in January 2020 on charges of joining a terrorist group and publishing and spreading false news and statements.
It is worth mentioning that Abdel Hamid was unlawfully detained in an unknown place from the time of his arrest until he was presented to the prosecution in violation of the constitution and the law. He was also tortured during his enforced disappearance.
Abdel Hamid is 55 years old and suffers from several chronic diseases. He was also injured in a car accident in 1997, which caused cracks and fractures, and the installation of plates and screws in various places in his body.
During his detention, Abdel Hamid was hospitalized more than once. His father passed away in July 2020, and his mother died in April 2023.
