13 October sessions
Criminal Court
The Cairo Criminal Court decided to renew the detention of 2 persons for 45 days due to protesting to support Palestine.
1- Ali Mohmed Ali Abo ElMajd, a student in the fourth year of the Faculty of Sharia and Law at Al-Azhar University, in Case No. 2468 of 2023 (Supreme State Security).
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.
2- Ahmed Husine Ahmed Abostit, pending lawsuit No. 2468 of 2023 (Supreme State Security). Security forces had 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.
It is worthy to note that 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.
Supreme State Security Prosecution
The Supreme State Security Prosecution has renewed the detention of 5 persons for 15 days:
1- 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 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.
2- 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.
3- 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.
4- 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.
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.
5- Mohamed Youssef Mohamed Ibrahim, pending investigations in case No. 4092 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
On August 24, 2024, Ibrahim was arrested on the street after being contacted by an individual who offered him a job in a Gulf country. He was scheduled to meet this individual on the same day, but Ibrahim was surprised to discover that the person communicating with him was a National Security officer. He remained in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family or lawyer, until he was presented to the Supreme State Security Prosecution on August 26, 2024.
The prosecution has charged Ibrahim with joining a terrorist organization, being aware of its objectives, and with publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm public security and order. He was also charged with using a social media account to publish and broadcast false news and statements.
It is worth noting that the prosecution confronted Ibrahim with Facebook posts in which he expressed complaints about rising prices and difficult living conditions.
14 October Sessions
Criminal Court
The Cairo Criminal Court (Third Circuit Terrorism) decided to renew the detention of 2 persons for 45 days:
1- Student Ahmed Khaled El-Toukhy, 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.
It should be noted that 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.
2- Human rights lawyer Ahmed Nazeer El-Helw for 45 days pending investigations of lawsuit No. 1940 of 2022 Supreme State Security, after about 2 years 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.
Supreme State Security Prosecution
The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of 2 persons for 15 days, who are:
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 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- Mohamed Sherif Abdel-Alim Rifai, pending investigation in case no. 3434 of 2024, Supreme State Security.
Rifai was arrested on July 12, 2024, after being stopped by police forces in the Maadi area.
He was taken to a location which was unknown to his family and lawyers, until he was presented before the Supreme State Security Prosecution three days later, on July 15, 2024.
Rifai is facing charges of joining a terrorist group with full knowledge of its objectives, publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that could harm security and public order, and using a social media account to spread false news.
Rifai has not been presented with any publications or evidence supporting these accusations.
