4 November 2018  The Supreme Administrative Court adjourned the appeal of former Maspero General Manager, Ali Hussein Abu Hamila, to December 24. Accordingly, Maspero's management and Abu Hamila should submit their final memoranda within…

By Court Ruling...A Reading in the “YouTube” Block Ruling View full report in PDF Prepared by: Hassan Al-Azhary Edited by: Mohamed Nagy Introduction In August 2018, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi ratified the Internet Technology Crimes and…

Zagazig Criminal Court ordered the release of orator and Imam Abdel Mohsen Hamed Barakat and 6 others on a 5,000-LE-bail pending case 789/2018. The seven defendants, who were arrested in May, are charged with illegally protesting and…

State Judiciary Authority scheduled November 25, to consider the appeal of Helwan University Student Tasneem Mohamed Okasha against the decision to suspend her for an academic semester. The university administration, particularly its…

27 October 2018  South Cairo Prosecutor mitigated and extended the precautionary measures of Amr Ali, the general coordinator of April 6 Youth Movement, for 45 Days pending case 473/2014. Accordingly,  Ali is to follow up with the nearest…

25 October 2018 The 8-hour interrogation of economist Abdel Khalek Farouk was mainly about the sources of his latest book “Is Egypt Really a Poor County”, Said Ahmed Othman, Lawyer at the Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression…

Alexandria court decided to hold Abeer El-Safti in custody until November 22 to reconsider her appeal in case 45/2018. Abeer had been sentenced in-absentia for one year in this case on March 7, 2017 as she was charged with protesting and…

Bilbeis prosecutor ordered the detention of Ehab Adel Abul Fotouh pending case 1433/2018. Abul Fotouh is Charged with joining a terrorist group, possessing anti-regime publications, and circulating rumors. He was arrested on October 18, but…

20 October 2018  State Security Prosecutor extended the detention of Abdullah Mohamed Moder for 45 days pending investigations in case 828/291 State Security. Moder has already spend 150 days of pretrial detention. He is accused of joining…

View full report in PDF  View Methodology of Monitoring and Documentation Situation of Freedom of Expression in Egypt 3rd Quarter (July– September 2018) Prepared by Sarah Mohsen Researcher, Monitoring and Documentation Unit Wessam Atta…