The first Circuit /Terrorism decided to renew the detention of Mohamed Ashraf and Ismael Abou Zeid for 15 days in connection with Case No. 41 of 2022 (State Security).
Security forces arrested Ashraf (20 years old) and Abou Zeid (21 years old), on April 11, against the backdrop of posting a sarcastic video on Tiktok of children throwing water bags on the passengers of Port Said streets during Ramadan.
The Supreme State Security Prosecution investigated them for the first time on April 14 and charged them with joining a terrorist group, spreading false news, and inciting a terrorist act.
The defense team of the visual artist, Amir Abdel Ghani, submitted a request for release to the Public Prosecutor, No. 46571 of 2022, the petitions of the Technical Office of the Public Prosecutor. They also sent a copy of the request to all members of the Presidential Pardon Committee.
Abdel Ghani faced charges of joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its aims, spreading false news and statements that would harm public peace and order, and using a social media account to spread false news and information. Against the backdrop of several posts that Abdel Ghani shared on Facebook dated several years ago about price hikes.
Security forces arrested Abdel Ghani from his house on September 10, and the prosecution confronted him with nine posts from his Facebook profile dated a few years.
Amir Abdel Ghani is a visual artist and member of the Plastic Artists Syndicate. A Faculty of Art Education graduate, he has many contributions and art exhibitions in Egypt.
