2 December Session
Supreme State Security Prosecution
The Supreme State Security Prosecution has renewed the detention of one person for 15 days:
- Ihab Helmy Amin Hussein pending investigations in Case No. 4092 of 2024 (Supreme State Security).
Security forces arrested the defendant from his home on August 28, 2024, and he was held in an undisclosed location, unknown to his family and lawyers, until he was presented before the prosecution on September 3, 2024. The prosecution charged him with Joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its objectives, Publishing and disseminating false news and information that would harm public security and order, and using a social media account to publish and disseminate false news and information that would harm public security and order.
During the investigation, the prosecution presented him with a confiscated mobile phone, which he admitted belonged to him.
3 December Sessions
Criminal Court
The Cairo Criminal Court decided to renew the detention of 5 persons for 45 days:
1- 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 information 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.
2- Mohamed Mahmoud Amer Abdel Aziz, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 1984 of 2021 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).
Abdel Aziz is approaching his third year in prison, as he was arrested on October 15, 2021; he was subjected to enforced disappearance for 45 days in an unknown location.
The national security investigation report stated that Amer had participated in a media movement attributed to the Muslim Brotherhood “terrorist group,” the same investigation that a warrant for his arrest and summons was issued. Abdel Aziz faces accusations of joining a terrorist group.
3- Hamed Sedeek, pending investigation of lawsuit No. 2207 of 2021 (Supreme State Security Prosecution), the second lawsuit in which Sedeek is a defendant.
Sedeek has been in custody for 5 years without bringing him to trial to prove the validity of the accusations against him, the same accusation brought against political activists without concrete evidence, namely joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and information, and misusing social media.
Sedeek’s arrest occurred on September 23, 2019; he was presented before the prosecution as a defendant pending the first lawsuit No. 1356 of 2019 and after three years in pretrial detention.
The prosecution decided to release him; however, it re-accused him in the second lawsuit only a few days before his release. To practice “rotation,” he had to be kept in prison for longer.
4- Muhammad Mahmoud Sabry Ismail’s detention, pending investigations in Case No. 95 of the 2023 Supreme State Security Prosecution.
Ismail was arrested at the airport while returning to Egypt to visit his family from the UAE, where he works.
Ismail was presented to the Supreme State Security Prosecution on May 27, 2024.
He was charged with joining a terrorist group while knowing its purposes, publishing and broadcasting false news and information that would harm security and public order, and using an account on social media for publishing and broadcasting false news and information.
5- Journalist Khaled Mamdouh Mohamed Ibrahim, pending investigation in case number 1282 of the 2024 Supreme State Security Prosecution.
Mamdouh was arrested on July 16 following a raid on his home, during which he was detained and forcibly disappeared for six days. He was presented to the prosecution on July 21, where he was charged with joining a terrorist group while being aware of its objectives, committing one of the crimes of financing a terrorist group and spreading and disseminating false news and information that could harm security and public order. The prosecution seized his phone and laptop.
On July 17, AFTE 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 Mamdouh’s arrest report was dated 20 July, not the date of his actual arrest on 16 July.
4 December Session
Criminal Court
The Cairo Criminal Court decided to renew the detention of one person for 45 days:
1- The contractor, Abdel Rahaman Alwany pending lawsuit No. 1635 of 2022 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).
Alwany is accused of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and information, and using social media to commit a crime.
Security forces arrested Alwany from his house on the 1st of November 2022, and was illegally detained for a week before being brought before the prosecution.
Rifai has not been presented with any publications or evidence supporting these accusations.
