{"id":40970,"date":"2026-05-17T00:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T21:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/?p=40970"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:08:03","slug":"detention-renewed-for-sayed-mshagheb-and-5-others-after-their-arrest-during-a-celebration-of-his-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afteegypt.org\/en\/legal-profiles-en\/legal-news-en\/2026\/05\/17\/40970-afteegypt.html","title":{"rendered":"Sayed Moshagheb\u2019s Appeal Against 45 Days Detention Renewal Rejected; Detention Upheld"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>15 June 2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Giza Criminal Court (Circuit 23) rejected the appeal filed by the defense of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sayed Ali Fahim Abu El\u2011Maati<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, known as Sayed Moshagheb, against the decision of the Giza Misdemeanor Appeals Court to renew his detention for 45 days pending investigations in Case No. 7304 of 2026 (Bulaq al\u2011Dakror Misdemeanors). The court upheld the decision to continue his detention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moshagheb was added to the case shortly after being released in another case in which he had spent eleven years in prison. Just an hour and a half after celebrating his release with friends, he and his companions, who were also added to the case, ,were confronted with a video of the celebration and their possession of firecrackers. They were charged with participating in a demonstration that could disturb public order, intimidate citizens, and endanger lives; displaying force and violence; and possessing explosives (firecrackers).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, prominent politicians, including former presidential candidates and members of the Presidential Pardon Committee, appealed to the President of the Republic, the Public Prosecutor, and the Minister of Interior to release Moshagheb, especially after more than eleven years of imprisonment. They also highlighted the suffering of Moshagheb\u2019s family from being deprived of their son for such a long period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b><br \/>\n1 June 2026<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, The Giza Misdemeanor Appeals Court renewed the detention of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sayed Ali Fahim Abu El\u2011Maati (known as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sayed Moshagheb<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Amir Karam Abdel Aziz, Mohamed Essam Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Mostafa Mahmoud Mohamed Abdel Mohsen, Mostafa Saber Abdel Fattah Mohamed, and Khaled Mahmoud Saad Abdel Hafiz for 15 days pending investigations in case No. 7304 of 2026 (Bulaq El\u2011Dakror Misdemeanors), in which they face charges of participating in a demonstration that disturbed public order, intimidated citizens, endangered lives, displayed force and violence, and possessed fireworks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawyer and former presidential candidate Khalid Ali, politician and former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi, two members of the Presidential Pardon Committee, Kamal Abou Aita and lawyer Tarek El-Awady, and politician and former presidential candidate Farid Zahran, all together submitted a petition to the President of the Republic, the Public Prosecutor, and the Minister of Interior to release Moshagheb, noting that he has endured more than eleven years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The petitioners pointed out that the arrests of Moshagheb and the other defendants came after only an hour and a half after celebrations marking his release and they characterized the events as a spontaneous expression of joy at being reunited with his family after many years of\u00a0 suffering. They also drew attention to the humanitarian aspect particularly the suffering of Moshagheb\u2019s mother, who was separated from her son for many years and hopes to see him reunited with his family and loved ones living a stable and secure life. They called for the case to be considered in the spirit of the law with due regard for its human and social aspects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court had previously rejected the defense\u2019s appeal against Moshagheb\u2019s detention order and has renewed his detention three times since his arrest on April 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><br \/>\n16 May 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Giza Misdemeanor Court today renewed the detention of Sayed Ali Fahim Abu El\u2011Maati (known as <em>Sayed Moshagheb<\/em>), Amir Karam Abdel Aziz, Mohamed Essam Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Mostafa Mahmoud Mohamed Abdel Mohsen, Mostafa Saber Abdel Fattah Mohamed, and Khaled Mahmoud Saad Abdel Hafiz for 15 days pending investigations in case No. 7304 of 2026 (Bulaq El\u2011Dakror Misdemeanors).<\/p>\n<p>Sayed Moshagheb had just been released after spending eleven years in detention, but was arrested again along with the other defendants only an hour and a half after celebrations marking his release on Thursday, April 16. Investigations continued until the early hours of the following day, when the prosecution confronted them with video footage of the celebration and seized items from it (fireworks\/flares). On Friday, April 17, the prosecution ordered their detention for four days pending investigation, charging them with participating in a demonstration that disturbed public order, intimidated citizens, endangered lives, displayed force and violence, and possessed fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>While the defendants\u2019 detention continued to be renewed until today\u2019s session, the defense had appealed the detention order of Abu El\u2011Maati (Sayed Moshagheb) in the May 3 session, but the court rejected the appeal.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15 June 2026 The Giza Criminal Court (Circuit 23) rejected the appeal filed by the defense of Sayed Ali Fahim Abu El\u2011Maati, known as Sayed Moshagheb, against the decision of the Giza Misdemeanor Appeals Court to renew his detention for 45 days pending investigations in Case No. 7304 of 2026 (Bulaq al\u2011Dakror Misdemeanors). 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