21 July sessions
Supreme State Security Prosecution
The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to detain journalist Khaled Mamdouh Mohamed Ibrahim for 15 days, pending investigation in case number 1282 of 2024 Supreme State Security Prosecution, 6 days after raiding his home and enforcing his disappearance.
Mamdouh was presented to the prosecution on 21 July without any evidence or attachments.
He was accused of joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its objectives, financing a terrorist group, and publishing and broadcasting fake news and statements that would harm security and public order.
The prosecution seized his phone and laptop.
AFTE has filed a complaint with the Attorney General, numbered 846067 for the year 2024, detailing the events of security forces raiding the home of journalist Khaled Mamdouh and taking him to an unknown place on July 16.
In the complaint, AFTE stated that a security force searched Mamdouh’s home randomly, and refused to disclose their identities, their affiliation, or the reason for his arrest.
His family has been unable to determine his place of detention or communicate with him before presenting him to the prosecution.
It is worth mentioning that the arrest report of Mamdouh was dated yesterday, 20 July, not the date of his actual arrest on 16 July.
The prosecution has decided to extend the detention of 4 persons for 15 days, including:
1- Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen, pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
Shaheen was arrested on June 29 due to posts on his Facebook account. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.
The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.
The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt’s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.
2- Ahmed Essam Abbas, pending investigations in the same case.
Abbas was arrested on June 29, 2024, due to posts on his Facebook account that included a comparison of commodity and service prices between 2013 and 2024. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.
The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.
3- Islam Mahmoud Abdelaziz Abu Saud, pending investigations in Case No. 3434 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
On July 12, 2024, Abu Saud was arrested in connection with calls for protests on July 12, 2024. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16.
The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.
It is noted that the prosecution confronted Abu Saud with Facebook posts from his account, which included complaints about high prices and power outages, as well as calls for protests on July 12.
4- Magdy Mohamed Mohamed Awad, pending investigations in the same case.
Awad was arrested on July 6, 2024, in connection with calls for protests on July 12. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 10, four days after his arrest.
The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.
The prosecution confronted him with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which included complaints about healthcare issues, high prices, power outages, and calls for protests on July 12.
22 July sessions
Supreme State Security Prosecution
The State Security Prosecution released two students who were detained because of participation in establishing the “Students for Palestine” group, in addition to a property guard.
The students are:
1- Zyad Muhammad Ahmed Al-Basiouny pending investigations in Case No. 1941 of 2024 State Security on charges of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
He 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, pending investigations in the same case 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.
3- The property guard that was released on the same day was Mohamed Ramadan Asr, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 1976 of 2023 (Supreme State Security) after almost a year in detention.
Asr is accused of posting videos on TikTok discussing 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.
On the same day, The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to renew the detention of Belal Mohamed Fawzy Mohamed El-Saqaan, a 16-year-old, for an additional 15 days pending investigations in Case No. 3434 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
El-Saqaan was arrested on July 10, 2024, in connection with calls for protests on July 12. He remained unlawfully detained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family, until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 14, 2024. The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order and using a social media account to disseminate false news.
During the investigation, El-Saqaan stated that he had been added to a Telegram group calling for protests on that day but left the group immediately. The prosecution confronted him with his mobile phone.
Criminal Court
The Cairo Criminal Court (First Circuit Terrorism) decided to renew the detention of two persons for 45 days, who are detained pending lawsuit No. 2468 of 2023 (Supreme State Security) who are:
1- Ahmed Husine Ahmed Abostit.
Security forces arrested him on October 24, 2023, in Abdel Moneim Riad Square due to his participation in the demonstrations in support of Palestine on October 20.
The prosecution accused him of joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes and participating in a gathering intended to harm public safety and order, changing the government system through force, and forcing a public employee to refrain from performing one of his duties through intimidation and violence. To accomplish a terrorist purpose, the defendant destroyed public and private property, both immovable and movable.
2- Ali Mohmed Ali Abo ElMajd, a student in the fourth year of the Faculty of Sharia and Law at Al-Azhar University.
Security forces arrested Abo ElMajd on October 21 of the last year, from his home in the Bulaq Al Dakrur area, due to his participation in the demonstrations in support of Palestine. He remained detained in an unknown place to his family and lawyer until his presentation to the Supreme State Security Prosecution on the 28th of the same month, which proceeded with investigations with him and decided to detain him in pretrial detention for 15 days, pending investigations.
The prosecution charged Abo ElMajd with joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes and participating in a gathering intended to harm public safety and order, changing the government system through force, and forcing a public employee to refrain from performing one of his duties through intimidation and violence. To accomplish a terrorist purpose, the defendant destroyed public and private property, both immovable and movable.
Administrative Court
AFTE filed appeal No. 73299 for the Judicial Year 77, challenging the negative decision of the Higher Institute of Technology in the 10th of Ramadan City for refusing to implement the Administrative Court’s ruling in Case No. 61520 for the Judicial Year 75. This ruling affirmed Dr. Manar El-Tantawy’s right to obtain a professorship after security authorities denied her promotion due to her being the wife of former detainee Hisham Jaafar.
Last January, The Supreme Administrative Court refused the Ministry of Higher Education’s appeal No. 14728 of judiciary year 69 against the ruling issued in favor of Manar Al-Tantawy, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Higher Institute of Technology, on the 10th of Ramadan, deserving of her entitlement to the professorship degree.
El-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 and then apologized for in 2016 due to health conditions.
23 July sessions
Criminal Court
The Cairo Criminal Court (First Circuit Terrorism) renewed the detention of student Ahmed Khaled El-Toukhy for 45 days pending trial no. 955 of 2020 Supreme State Security.
El-Toukhy is charged with joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and statements that could disturb public security and order, and using a social media account, “Facebook,” to spread false news and information.
He had a release order from the Criminal Court on March 21, 2021, pending Case No. 532 of 2021 Shibin Al Qanater misdemeanor on the same charges, but that order wasn’t implemented, and he was unjustly detained in an unknown place for his family and lawyers until he was presented before the prosecution after 3 months, who ordered to detain him in the current case.
Based on a phone call, el-Toukhy was arrested after he headed to the National Security Premises on September 26, 2020. Then, he didn’t appear until January 12, 2021, before the Shebin Elkom Prosecution decided to detain him.
Additionally, the court renewed the detention of human rights lawyer Ahmed Nazeer El-Helw for 45 days pending investigations of lawsuit No. 1940 of 2022 Supreme State Security, after more than one year and a half in pre-trial detention.
Security forces arrested El-Helw from his home on 7 November 2022 in conjunction with the random arrests by the security forces with the increasing calls for demonstrations on 11 November 2022. El-Helw was illegally detained for 6 days till he appeared before the prosecution, facing accusations of joining a terrorist group.
25 July sessions
State Security Prosecution
State Security Prosecution decided to detain translator and cartoonist at Almanassa website Ashraf Omar Mohamed Sadek for 15 days pending investigation in case No. 1968 of 2024 Supreme State Security.
This decision came two days after he was arrested from his home under enforced disappearance.
He has been charged with spreading false news that could disturb public peace and security, misusing social media, and joining a banned group.
An iPad and 80,000 Egyptian pounds were confiscated during the arrest.
A security force raided his home in the October Gardens at 1:30 AM on July 22 and took him to an unknown location.
Surveillance cameras showed a group of individuals in two microbuses entering the building, and about 40 minutes later, they were seen leaving with Omar, who was blindfolded. His family has been unable to ascertain his whereabouts or communicate with him since then.
Ashraf Omar recently published several satirical drawings on “Al-Manassa,” addressing issues such as the electricity crisis and the operation of the monorail amid scarce resources. He has also worked as a translator for books and articles for several platforms, including “Mada Masr.”
27 July sessions
Criminal Court
– The Criminal Court (Third Circuit) renewed the detention of Mohamed Ahmed Saad for 45 days, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 930 of 2019 (Supreme State Security), known in the media as “the Alliance of Hope lawsuit.” which included a large number of political activists, Although he didn’t participate in any political activity.
In last May, Saad resumed his sixth year in pretrial detention, exceeding the legal period stipulated in the law.
He was arrested from inside the examination hall at the Faculty of Commerce at Al-Azhar University on May 17, 2019, and appeared before the Prosecution on July 1.
Saad faces accusations of joining a terrorist group, financing this group, spreading false news and information, and using a social media account to spread false news.
– The same Court reserved the lawsuit of journalist Hassan Al-Qabany, in which he’s accused due to the similarity of names, on 9 September due to the absence of the prosecution witness, the lawsuit known as “Rabaa Operations Room” No. 2210 of 2014.
The case was scheduled for March 27, July 27 and May 12 before being postponed for the same reason.
On April 11, 2015, Al-Qabany was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment without being informed of his referral to trial and without being interrogated in the lawsuit against accusations of joining a group established in violation of the law while knowing its purposes, participating in a criminal agreement aimed to attempt to overthrow the state’s constitution and its government using force, publishing and spreading false news and information domestically and abroad about the domestic situation of the country. And after his arrest took place in May 2023, Al-Qabany requested a retrial.
