{"id":38518,"date":"2024-09-22T15:23:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T12:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/?p=38518"},"modified":"2024-09-22T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T12:23:12","slug":"aftes-weekly-legal-bulletin-1522-september-2024-detention-renewed-for-18-defendants-and-afte-submits-requests-to-attorney-general-to-release-5-persons-after-pretrial-detention-period-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/weekly-legal-bulletin-en-2\/2024\/09\/22\/38518-afteegypt.html","title":{"rendered":"AFTE\u2019s Weekly Legal Bulletin (15:22 September 2024)| Detention Renewed for 18 Defendants and AFTE Submits Requests to Attorney General to Release 5 Persons After Pretrial Detention Period Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff; background-color: #800000;\"><b>16<\/b><b> September Sessions\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Supreme State Security Prosecution<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #800000;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of a student and a child, for 15 days, as following:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/08\/08\/38096-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student Abdelrahman Safwat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mohamedeen Hammad, pending investigations in case No. 3434 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was unlawfully held in an unknown location until he was brought before the Supreme State Security Prosecution on July 16, 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamedeen was challenged with his mobile phone and some of his posts on Facebook.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37860-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belal Mohamed Fawzy Mohamed El-Saqaan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 16-year-old, pending investigations in Case No. 3434 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El-Saqaan was arrested on July 10, 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 14, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the investigation, El-Saqaan stated that he had been added to a Telegram group calling for protests on that day but left the group immediately. The prosecution confronted him with his mobile phone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #800000; color: #ffffff;\"><b>17 September Sessions\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Supreme State Security Prosecution<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #800000;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution has renewed the detention of 5 persons for 15 days, who are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37878-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Essam Abbas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37870-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yasser Mohamed Fouad Shaheen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pending investigations in Case No. 2810 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted Shaheen with his mobile phone and Facebook posts, which discussed the economic situation in Egypt, Egypt\u2019s stance on supporting the Palestinian cause, and political opinions on some government decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/24\/37894-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magdy Mohamed Mohamed Awad<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pending investigations in Case No. 3434 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/legal-profiles-2\/legal-news\/2024\/07\/24\/37881-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Islam Mahmoud Abdelaziz Abu Saud<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pending investigations in Case No. 3434 of 2024, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/07\/25\/37906-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Translator and cartoonist at Almanassa website\u00a0 Ashraf Omar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mohamed Sadek, pending investigation in case No. 1568 of 2024 Supreme State Security.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFTE is defending Omar and cooperating with Mr. Khaled Ali\u2019s law firm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On July 22, A security force raided his home in the October Gardens at 1:30 AM and took him to an unknown location.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ashraf Omar recently published several satirical drawings on \u201cAl-Manassa,\u201d 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 \u201cMada Masr.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Criminal Court<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #800000;\">The Criminal Court (First Circuit Terrorism) renewed the detention 6 persons for 45 days, who are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/2023\/04\/19\/34162-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Shaker Abou Elrous and Ali Othman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ali for attending a football match between Al-Ahly and Ghazal El-Mahala, after exceeding one year in pretrial detention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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\u2019s decision didn\u2019t pass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2024\/01\/11\/36360-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Gamal Abo Sree<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, investigations of lawsuit No. 508 of 2023 (Supreme State Security).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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\u2014and using an account on international information networks for publishing and posting false news and information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also worth noting that he was not confronted with any seizures, nor was he confronted with any news or publications concerning him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2021\/12\/01\/26197-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Mahmoud Amer Abdel Aziz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 1984 of 2021 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The national security investigation report stated that Amer had participated in a media movement attributed to the Muslim Brotherhood \u201cterrorist group,\u201d the same investigation that a warrant for his arrest and summons was issued. Abdel Aziz faces accusations of joining a terrorist group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2020\/06\/21\/19465-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamed Sedeek<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pending investigation of lawsuit No. 2207 of 2021 (Supreme State Security Prosecution), the second lawsuit in which Sedeek is a defendant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sedeek\u2019s 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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution decided to release him; however, it re-accused him in the second lawsuit only a few days before his release. To practice \u201crotation,\u201d he had to be kept in prison for longer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/2023\/09\/07\/35349-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Tantawy\u2019s presidential campaign member, Khaled Abdel Wahed Amin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 191 of 2023 (Supreme State Security) after about 1 year in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The security forces arrested Amin from his house on August 27 as part of an expanded security campaign that targeted Al-Tantawy\u2019s supporters, members of his campaign, and his relatives and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #800000; color: #ffffff;\"><b>18 September Sessions\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Criminal Court<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Criminal Court (Second Circuit) renewed the detention of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2022\/05\/10\/30424-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Hanfy Mohamed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for 45 days, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 93 of 2022 (Supreme State Security Prosecution) despite exceeding 2 years of pretrial detention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hanfy was arrested from his house in Qena governorate. He was interrogated before the Supreme State Security Prosecution for the first time on 22 February 2022, which accused him of spreading false news,\u00a0 joining a terrorist group, and using an account on social media with the aim of spreading false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The First Circuit Terrorism and the same court renewed the detention of 4 others for 45 days:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/2024\/07\/02\/37667-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahmoud Nasser Ali Suleiman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pending investigations in Case No. 1410 of 2024 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On May 1, 2024, Suleiman was arrested from a street in Ismailia Governorate and remained unlawfully detained until May 4, 2024, when he was presented to the prosecution, which charged him with joining a terrorist group while knowing its purposes and publishing and broadcasting false news and statements that may harm security and public order, and use an account on social media to publish and broadcast false news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suleiman was not confronted with any posts on social media indicating that he had published any news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/2023\/10\/17\/35703-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The contractor, Abdel Rahaman Alwany<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pending lawsuit No. 1635 of 2022 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alwany is accused of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and information, and using social media to commit a crime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/2023\/09\/05\/35274-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohamed Ibrahim Abdo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pending investigations of lawsuit No. 2064 of 2023 (Supreme State Security), in which Abdo is involved for posting videos on TikTok criticizing the policies of the current president of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security forces arrested the 31-year-old Abdo from his house in Monufia Governorate on 23 August 2023, he appeared before the prosecution a week after his arrest over accusations of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news, and using an internet account to commit a crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/2023\/09\/14\/35422-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The enlisted man, Sherif Ahmed Ebrahim<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pending investigations of lawsuit No. 2064 of 2023 (State Security) in which Ebrahim is accused of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news and information, and using an internet account to commit a crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 31 August 2023, the 22-year-old Ebrahim was arrested after he helped a police chief to shoot and publish a video on TikTok insulting the Ministry of Interior. The police chief was also arrested and held in custody in the same lawsuit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #800000; color: #ffffff;\"><b>19 September Sessions<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Attorney General<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #800000;\">AFTE filed requests to the Attorney General for the release of 5 exceeding the legal pretrial detention limit, who are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2020\/05\/04\/18699-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Translator and political activist Marwa Arafa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> following the expiration of his pretrial detention that was provided for in Article 143 of the Criminal Procedure Code, in case No. 570 of 2020 (Supreme State Security).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">request was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">numbered 60036 for the year 2024, the Technical Office,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arafa is complaining about the security authorities&#8217; refusal to allow her to continue her postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/2022\/05\/10\/30419-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photographer Hamdy Mokhtar Ali<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> following the expiration of his pretrial detention that was provided for in Article 143 of the Criminal Procedure Code, in case No. 955 for the year 2020, Supreme State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The request was numbered 60037 for the year 2024, the Technical Office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elzaeem was arrested on January 5, 2021, from his home after completing precautionary measures imposed on him in a case dating back to 2016. He remained forcibly disappeared in an unknown location until he was presented to the Supreme State Security Prosecution on January 16, 2021, which ordered his pretrial detention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since that time, Elzaeem has been detained on charges of joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its aims, spreading false news and statements that could harm public security and order, and using a social media account to publish and broadcast false news and statements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2021\/02\/21\/20991-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Al-Tohamy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the assistant professor of political science at the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science at Alexandria University\u00a0 following the expiration of his pretrial detention that was provided for in Article 143 of the Criminal Procedure Code in lawsuit No. 649 of 2020 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The request was numbered 60027 for the year 2024, the Technical Office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al-Tohamy was arrested on June 3, 2020, and remained under enforced disappearance at a National Security headquarters in Cairo for 17 days. The prosecution\u2019s investigations with Al-Tohamy focused on the accusations of collaborating with the Egyptian activist Mohamed Sultan, who resides in the United States, in the case Sultan filed against the former Prime Minister Hazem Al-Beblawy. Al-Tohamy denied these accusations before the Prosecution and stated that his security targeting was due to his academic research on the Arab Spring revolutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution accused Al-Tohamy of joining a terrorist group, spreading false news, and misusing social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/2023\/03\/16\/33837-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journalist Karim Ebrahim<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> following the expiration of his pretrial detention that was provided for in Article 143 of the Criminal Procedure Code in lawsuit No. 569 of 2020 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The request was numbered 60034 for the year 2024, the Technical Office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security forces arrested the journalist at Al-Bawaba newspaper and a member of the Journalists Syndicate in April 2020; he was arrested in connection with clashes between the police forces and armed members, which took place in the Alamiria district, his residence place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was also unlawfully detained for a month before being brought before the investigation authorities, which accused him of joining a terrorist group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5- <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/2023\/03\/08\/33760-afteegypt.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poet Galal ElBehairy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> following the expiration of his pretrial detention that was provided for in Article 143 of the Criminal Procedure Code in lawsuit No. 2000 of 2021 (Supreme State Security Prosecution).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The request was numbered 60030 for the year 2024, the Technical Office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the third lawsuit against ElBehairy after his arrest for writing the song \u201cBalaha,\u201d which criticizes the current president&#8217;s policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ElBehairy was arrested on March 3, 2018, against accusations in two lawsuits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was released from the first one, No. 480 of 2018, with precautionary measures on 17 April 2019. He was referred to a military court for the second lawsuit and sentenced to three years in prison, which ended on 31 July 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the Ministry of Interior refrained from implementing the procedures for ElBehairy\u2019s release, and he remained illegally detained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution interrogated ElBehairy in a new lawsuit, no. 2000 of 2021, and he remains in pretrial detention on similar accusations. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 September Sessions\u00a0 Supreme State Security Prosecution The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of a student and a child, for 15 days, as following:\u00a0 &nbsp; 1- Student Abdelrahman Safwat Mohamedeen Hammad, pending investigations in case No. 3434 of 2024, Supreme State Security. 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