24 November Sessions
Supreme State Security Prosecution
The Supreme State Security Prosecution has renewed the detention of 6 persons for 15 days:
1- Yasser Ibrahim Ibrahim AlNasery, pending investigations in Case No. 5055 of 2024 (State Security).
AlNasery faces charges of belonging to a terrorist organization, financing said organization, using an online account to commit a crime, and misusing communication tools.
He was arrested on 12 October 2024 and brought before the prosecution for questioning on 28 October. The accused is a doctor residing in Gharbia Governorate and is currently held in Al-Ashir Prison 6.
2- 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, power outages, and calls for protests on July 12.
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- 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.
5- Translator and cartoonist at Almanassa website Ashraf Omar Mohamed Sadek pending investigation in case No. 1568 of 2024 Supreme State Security two months after being arrested and forcibly disappeared.
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 operation of the monorail amid scarce resources. He has also worked as a translator for books and articles for several platforms, including “Mada Masr.”
6– 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 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.
25 November Sessions
Criminal Court
The Cairo Criminal Court decided to renew the detention of 10 persons for 45 days:
1- Amr Abdel-Moneim, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 930 of 2019 (Supreme State Security), known in the media as “the Alliance of Hope lawsuit.
Abdel-Moneim exceeded four years in pretrial detention, as security forces arrested him on July 19, 2019, in connection with the aforementioned case, which included several political activists, many of whom were released. AFTE calls for Abdel-Moneim’s release, similar to those who were released in the same lawsuit, and for lack of legal justifications for his continued detention. Abdel-Moneim faces accusations of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
2– Al-Tantawy’s presidential campaign member, Khaled Abdel Wahed Amin, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 191 of 2023 (Supreme State Security) after about 1 year in prison.
The security forces arrested Amin from his house on August 27 as part of an expanded security campaign that targeted Al-Tantawy’s supporters, members of his campaign, and his relatives and friends.
He’s accused of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and information that would harm public peace and order, and using a social media account to spread false news and information.
3- Muhammad Fathallah Rushdi Zayan pending investigations in Case No. 2727 of 2023, Supreme State Security.
Zayan was arrested on October 15, 2023, from his home in Beni Suef Governorate based on an arrest warrant in another case, No. 2255 of 2023, Supreme State Security, the case of electoral process papers of potential candidate Ahmed Al-Tantawy. The prosecution investigated him on the same day, and he was detained pending investigations.
On October 25, 2023, the prosecution excluded him from referral to trial in the electoral process papers case and copied his papers to the case in which he is now being held in pretrial detention.
Zayan was confronted with a video clip that he posted on his Facebook account from the conference of the potential candidate at the time, Ahmed Al-Tantawi, during his visit to Beni Suef Governorate. A TV channel took that video and broadcast it on its screen.
He was charged with participating with a terrorist group in achieving its goals, publishing and broadcasting fake news and statements that would harm security and public order, and using an account on the internet for the purpose of publishing and broadcasting fake news and statements.
4- Ahmed Shaker Abou Elrous and Ali Othman Ali for attending a football match between Al-Ahly and Ghazal El-Mahala, after exceeding one year in pretrial detention.
The security forces arrested Abou Elrous and Ali from Cairo International Stadium on April 5. They transferred them to Nasr City prosecution, which decided to release them on bail after two days; however, the prosecution’s decision didn’t pass.
On April 10, the security forces transferred them to be interrogated before the Supreme State Security Prosecution, which brought new accusations against them, namely, being a part of a terrorist organization, with knowledge of its aims, committing the crime of financing a terrorist group, spreading false news and statements that would harm public security and order, using an account on social media to spread the false news and information for a terrorist purpose.
The Egyptian authorities continued to target Al-Ahly fans. In the same month, they arrested 30 other fans after a match between Al-Ahly and Al-Ragaa. After this, Al-Ahly club fans demanded a boycott of Cairo International Stadium and burned the fan cards of the Tazkarti website in protest of these arrests. Subsequently, other fans were arrested, estimated at 39 other fans over these calls.
5- Mahmoud Gamal Abo Sree, investigations of lawsuit No. 508 of 2023 (Supreme State Security).
Security forces arrested Abo Sree On December 19, 2023, from Borg ElArab Airport while returning from abroad to spend a vacation with his family, he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on December 20, 2023, and was charged with joining a terrorist group while knowing its purposes, and publishing and broadcasting false news and information that would harm security and public order—and using an account on international information networks for publishing and posting false news and information.
It is also worth noting that he was not confronted with any seizures, nor was he confronted with any news or publications concerning him.
6- Translator and political activist Marwa Arafa, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 570 of 2020 (Supreme State Security).
Arafa has been detained in connection with this lawsuit since April 2020, despite the lack of legal justifications for her continued imprisonment as the Criminal Procedure Code stipulates that the period of pretrial detention must not exceed two years, after which release is mandatory.
Arafa faces accusations of joining and financing a terrorist group; based on an accusation that she was financially supporting prisoners, Arafa denied the accusation and stated that she was only trying to help those in need, including the families of prisoners who may have lost their sole breadwinner. Even then, she had not provided any financial support, only supplies such as food and clothing.
Arafa is complaining about the security authorities’ refusal to allow her to continue her postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Law.
7- Amir Sayed Mohamed and Reyad Mohamed Abdel Rahaman 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.
8- Mohamed Ahmed Saad, 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.
Last May, Saad resumed his sixth year in pretrial detention, exceeding the legal period stipulated in the law.
He was arrested on May 17, 2019, from inside the examination hall at the Faculty of Commerce at Al-Azhar University, 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.
26 November Sessions
Criminal Court
The Cairo Criminal Court decided to renew the detention of 4 persons for 45 days:
1- 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.
2- 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.
3– Lawyer Saied Hassan Ali, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 238 of 2021 (Supreme State Security), which exceeds 3 years in prison.
After his release from another, the Supreme State Security Prosecution investigated Ali in this lawsuit. The lawyer and human rights defender faces accusations of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news.
4- Omar Mohamed Mohamed ElDahma, pending investigations in Case No. 2469 of 2023 (Supreme State Security), following his participation in demonstrations of solidarity with Palestine on Friday, 13 October 2023, in Alexandria.
Security forces stopped ElDahma, a graphic designer, in front of his house in Alexandria’s Miami neighborhood.
The prosecution charged him with joining a terrorist group, spreading false news, and participating in a gathering that would put public peace in danger.
