1 July Sessions
Supreme State Security Prosecution
The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed Muhammad Mahmoud Sabry Ismail’s detention for 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 95 of the 2023 Supreme State Security Prosecution.
Ismail was arrested at the airport while returning to Egypt to visit his family from the UAE, where he works.
Ismail was presented to the Supreme State Security Prosecution on May 27, 2024, for investigation. He was charged with joining a terrorist group while knowing its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that would harm security and public order, and using an account on social media for the purpose of publishing and broadcasting false news and statements.
7 July Sessions
Supreme State Security Prosecution
The State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of student Mohamed Ibrahim Abdel Fattah for 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 1941 of 2024 State Security on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
Abdel Fattah is 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.
Appeals Disciplinary Board of the Ministry of Higher Education
The Appeals Disciplinary Board of the Ministry of Higher Education set a session for July 13 to consider the appeal of Dr. Manar Al-Tantawy, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Higher Institute of Technology in 10th of Ramadan, against the ruling of the Primary Disciplinary Board to sanction her with a deduction of 5 days from her salary, due to a verbal altercation with a colleague.
The incident dates back to 2022, when a teaching assistant entered her institute’s workshops without permission. A verbal altercation ensued, during which Al-Tantawy was insulted.
The council did not condemn the teaching assistant who assaulted Al-Tantawy but condemned her for denouncing this insult.
In December 2023, the Appellate Disciplinary Board decided to acquit Manar Al-Tantawy of the charge of insulting the Higher Institute of Technology and the head of the Institute and canceled the penalty of deducting 15 days from her salary.
Al-Tantawy faces intransigence from the institute’s administration to prevent her from being promoted and assuming the position of head of the mechanical engineering department, which she previously held then apologized for in 2016 due to health conditions.
