{"id":40585,"date":"2026-04-08T13:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/?p=40585"},"modified":"2026-06-16T14:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:55:48","slug":"pharmacist-sari-shaaban-mahmouds-detention-renewed-for-15-days-over-facebook-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2026\/04\/08\/40585-afteegypt.html","title":{"rendered":"For the Sixth Time, Detention of Pharmacist Sari Shaaban Renewed Over Terrorism and False News Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>15 June 2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of pharmacist Sari Shaaban Mahmoud for 15 days pending investigations in case No. 2118 of 2026 (Supreme State Security).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaaban was included in the case over posts on his personal Facebook page criticizing rising prices and living conditions, as well as posts related to events in Gaza. He was arrested on 25 March 2026 and held unlawfully in an undisclosed location until 29 March, when he was presented to the prosecution. He faces charges of publishing and broadcasting false news harmful to public security and order, using a Facebook account to disseminate such news, and promoting ideas of a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>2 June 2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of pharmacist Sari Shaaban, for the fifth time, pending investigations in case No. 2118 of 2026 (Supreme State Security), in which Shabaan is convicted over Facebook posts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shabaan was arrested from his house on March 25, 2026, and was unlawfully detained for four days before being brought before the investigations authority, which faced him with posts from his personal Facebook account complaining about living conditions, particularly the price hikes, and as well as other posts addressing the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip. Based on this, the prosecution ordered his detention and included him in the aforementioned case. It also charged him with publishing and broadcasting false news and statements harmful to public security and order, using a Facebook account to disseminate such content, and promoting the ideas of a terrorist organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>18 May 2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, the Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of pharmacist Sari Shaaban Mahmoud for 15 days pending investigations in case No. 2118 of 2026 (Supreme State Security). In which he is accused of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">publishing and broadcasting false news and statements harmful to public security and order, using a Facebook account to disseminate such content, and promoting the ideas of a terrorist organization.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security forces arrested Shaaban on March 25 over posts on his personal page <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">discussing price hikes and living conditions, as well as others addressing the situation in Gaza.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He was held <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unlawfully <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in an undisclosed location until he appeared before the prosecution on March 29.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b><br \/>\n4 May 2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yesterday, the Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to renew the detention of pharmacist Sari Shaaban Mahmoud for 15 days pending investigations in lawsuit No. 2118 of 2026 (Supreme State Security).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security forces had arrested Shaaban from his home on March 25, 2026, and held him unlawfully in an undisclosed location until he appeared before the prosecution on March 29. He faces charges of publishing and broadcasting false news and statements harmful to public security and order, using a Facebook account to disseminate such content, and promoting the ideas of a terrorist organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prosecution confronted him during the interrogation with several posts on his personal Facebook page discussing price hikes and living conditions, as well as others addressing the situation in Gaza.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b><br \/>\n20 April 2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of pharmacist Sari Shaaban Mahmoud for 15 days pending investigations in lawsuit No. 2118 of 2026 (Supreme State Security), in which he&#8217;s accused for writing several posts on his personal Facebook profile discussing price hikes and living conditions, and addressing the situation in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaaban was arrested from his home on March 25, 2026, and held unlawfully in an undisclosed location until he appeared before the prosecution on March 29. He faces charges of publishing and broadcasting false news and statements harmful to public security and order, using a Facebook account to disseminate such content, and promoting the ideas of a terrorist organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b><br \/>\n6 April 2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On April 6, the Supreme State Security Prosecution renewed the detention of pharmacist Sari Shaaban Mahmoud for 15 days pending investigations in lawsuit No. 2118 of 2026 (Supreme State Security).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security forces had arrested Shaaban from his home on March 25, 2026, and held him unlawfully in an undisclosed location until he appeared before the prosecution on March 29. 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