18 August Sessions
State Security Prosecution
State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of 5 persons for 15 days, who are:
1- Translator and cartoonist at Almanassa website Ashraf Omar Mohamed Sadek, pending investigation in case No. 1968 of 2024 Supreme State Security.
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. AFTE is defending Omar and cooperating with Mr. Khaled Ali’s law firm.
On July 22, A security force raided his home in the October Gardens at 1:30 AM 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 for 3 days before presenting him at the prosecution.
Ashraf Omar recently published several satirical drawings on “Al-Manassa,” addressing issues such as the electricity crisis and the monorail operation amid scarce resources. He has also worked as a translator for books and articles for several platforms, including “Mada Masr.”
2- Ahmed Essam Abbas, pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
Abbas was arrested on June 29, 2024, due to posts on his Facebook account that included comparing 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.
3- 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.
4- Magdy Mohamed Mohamed Awad, pending investigations in Case No. 3434 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
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.
5- Islam Mahmoud Abdelaziz Abu Saud for an additional 15 days 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.
The prosecution confronted Abu Saud with Facebook posts from his account, which included complaints about high prices and power outages and calls for protests on July 12.
Administrative Court
The Administrative Court (First Circuit) referred AFTE’s lawsuit No. 73299 for Judicial Year 77 to the State Commissioners Authority, and it will be heard in the session of 3 November. The lawsuit was filed to appeal the negative decision to refrain from implementing a judicial ruling in favor of Dr. Manar Al-Tantawi.
The Higher Institute of Technology in the 10th of Ramadan City refuses to implement the Administrative Court’s ruling in Case No. 61520 for 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.
19 August Sessions
Supreme State Security Prosecution
The Supreme State Security Prosecution has decided to renew the detention of a student, a child, and a citizen from Ismailia, for 15 days:
1- Student Abdelrahman Safwat Mohamedeen Hammad, pending investigations in case No. 3434 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
Mohamedeen was arrested on July 12, 2024, from his home due to sharing calls for demonstrations on July 12, as well as his posting of a video supporting Gaza and several posts discussing economic conditions.
He was unlawfully held in an unknown location 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 objectives, spreading false news and statements that could harm security and public order, and using a social media account to spread false news.
Mohamedeen was challenged with his mobile phone and some of his posts on Facebook.
2- Belal Mohamed Fawzy Mohamed El-Saqaan, a 16-year-old, 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.
3- Mahmoud Nasser Ali Suleiman 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.
21 August Sessions
Criminal Court
The Cairo Criminal Court (First Circuit Terrorism) renewed the detention of a poet and an activist for 45 days, who are:
1- Poet Galal ElBehairy, pending the investigation of lawsuit No. 2000 of 2021 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).
This is the third lawsuit against ElBehairy after his arrest for writing the song “Balaha,” which criticizes the current president’s policies.
ElBehairy was arrested on March 3, 2018, against accusations in two lawsuits.
He was released from the first one, No. 480 of 2018, with precautionary measures on 17 April 2019. He was referred to a military court for the second lawsuit and sentenced to three years in prison, which ended on 31 July 2021.
However, the Ministry of Interior refrained from implementing the procedures for ElBehairy’s release, and he remained illegally detained.
The Supreme State Security Prosecution interrogated ElBehairy in a new lawsuit, no. 2000 of 2021, and he remains in pretrial detention on similar accusations.
2- Activist Ahmed Abdel Mageed Oraby, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 2094 of 2022 (Supreme State Security), in which Oraby is accused of sharing Facebook discussing poor living conditions.
Oraby lost his eye in the clashes of Mohamed Mahmoud Street, and he was previously imprisoned for a year and a half. This time, he was arrested in November 2022.
He faces accusations of joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its purposes, committing a terrorist financing crime, inciting a terrorist act, participating in a criminal agreement to commit a terrorist crime, spreading false news and statements, and using an account on social media to commit a crime.
22 August Sessions
Criminal Court
The Criminal Court (First Circuit) decided to renew Amir Sayed Mohamed and Reyad Mohamed Abdel Rahaman’s detention for 45 days, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 744 of 2023 (Supreme State Security).
Although Amir and Reyad are Zamalek football club fans, the prosecution accused them of joining a terrorist group, Ultras Ahlawy, and spreading false news and information that would harm public security and order.
Security forces arrested Amir and Reyad on May 3 from the DownTown district in Cairo, and security forces detained them without legal basis and in an unknown location for eight days before presenting them before the prosecution.
