{"id":22470,"date":"2021-05-23T18:12:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T16:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/?p=22470"},"modified":"2021-05-23T18:12:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T16:12:52","slug":"aftes-weekly-legal-bulletin-16-may-23-may-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-updates-en\/weekly-legal-bulletin-en-2\/2021\/05\/23\/22470-afteegypt.html","title":{"rendered":"AFTE\u2019s Weekly Legal Bulletin (16 May : 23 May 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"
After Assaulting him, Recycling Researcher Ahmed Samir in a New Case, Renewing the Detention of 3 Defendants and Releasing 4 Others<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Legal Bulletin covers the lawsuits in which AFTE provides the necessary legal aid, in accordance with AFTE\u2019s framework.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Criminal courts<\/span><\/h3>\n
May 17, 2021: The third circuit (terrorism), renewed the pretrial detention of defendant Ahmed Maher Ezzat, known as \u201cRego\u201d, director of \u201cBohemian\u201d studio, for 45 days, pending case No. 855 of 2020 supreme state security, after his arrest from his workplace on\u00a0 May 4, 2020, and he was first investigated in case No. 586 of 2020 supreme state security, and was detained for almost 5 months, until a decision to replace his pretrial detention with precautionary measures was issued but it wasn’t implemented, instead he was investigated in a new case, this practice is known as \u201cRecycling\u201d which means adding political detainees or prisoner of conscience to new cases with similar charges after the legal limit for their pretrial detention has expired.<\/p>\n
It should be noted that Maher worked as a PR officer for Lieutenant General Samy Anan\u2019s presidential campaign in 2018, and for the \u201cStrong Egypt\u201d political party headed by former presidential candidate, Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh.<\/p>\n
May 18, 2021: After not allowing him to attend the last two sessions, The third circuit (terrorism) postponed the session on the renewal of the detention of activist Mohamed Salah Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Fathy Massoud, and Ahmed Yousry Ghaly, which was supposed to be held on Thursday, May 16, 2021, to Sunday, June 13, 2021, due to the national holiday of Eid al-Fitr.<\/p>\n
Security forces arrested Salah in November 2019, he was detained pending case No. 488 of 2019 supreme state security, on July 19, 2020, the first circuit terrorism decided to replace his pretrial detention with precautionary measures, and the prosecution didn\u2019t appeal the decision, and he was recycled in a new case No. 855 of 2020 supreme state security.<\/p>\n