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EFHR monitored a decision issued today, 16 July 2026, by the Supreme State Security Prosecution to detain Dr. Mohamed Zahran for 15 days pending investigation in Case No. 5773 of 2026 (Supreme State Security), after he was charged with spreading…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights condemns the continuation of security crackdowns against citizens over their exercise of the right to organize and freely express their opinions. This time, the campaign has affected dozens of young people who joined an…
The East Alexandria Prosecution decided today, June 17, 2026, to release Dr. Omnia Sweidan on bail of 20,000 Egyptian pounds, pending case No. 5830 of 2026, East Alexandria Administrative. The prosecution charged Dr. Omnia with spreading false news and misusing…
The SSSP decided today, May 25, 2026, to remand Mohamed Abu El-Diar in custody for fifteen days pending investigations in Case No. 4502 of 2026, while ordering the release of lawyer Wafaa El-Masry and Hanan Tantawy on bail of EGP…
EFHR monitored the decision made today, May 24, 2026, by the Supreme State Security Prosecution- SSSP to detain the activist Nael Hassan Mohamed for fifteen days pending investigation in Case No. 4373 of 2026. He faces charges of “spreading false…
EFHR condemns the detention of filmmaker Omar Marai, considering it a continuation of the practice of using pretrial detention and politically motivated charges to punish individuals for their opinions or peaceful expression. It also calls for his immediate release and…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) documented that between mid-September and 1 November, the Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the pretrial detention of at least 23 individuals in connection with Case Nos. 3723 and 6954 of 2025 (Supreme State…
The EFHR has documented that, since the beginning of this week, the Supreme State Security Prosecution- SSSP has been investigating approximately ten defendants, all from Qalyubia Governorate, in connection with Case No. 10709 of 2025. The prosecution charged the defendants…
On 29 November 2025, the Supreme State Security Prosecution – SSSP referred Case No. 2469/2023 (State Security Registry), registered as No. 7445/2025 (State Security Felonies), and known in the media as the “Palestine Demonstrations Case,” to the Criminal Court. The…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) documented today, Wednesday, 12 November 2025, the decision of the Supreme State Security Prosecution to detain lawyer and former candidate for the position of Bar Association President Osama Fathy El-Sheshtawy for fifteen days…
In the early hours of 7 October 2025, the Supreme State Security Prosecution- SSSP ordered the detention of journalist Safaa Mohamed El-Korbagi for fifteen days pending investigation in Case No. 7256 of 2025 (Supreme State Security), after charging her with:…
On August 19, 2025, the Supreme State Security Prosecution- SSSP decided to extend the detention of Mokhtar Tayel (68 years old), a retired former inspector at the Ministry of Health and the uncle of Netherlands-based vlogger Anas Habib, along with…
The Supreme State Security Prosecution -SSSP released human rights lawyer Mahinour El-Masry on bail of fifty thousand Egyptian pounds in Case No. 6322 of 2025, after investigating her on charges of “spreading false news and statements inside and outside the…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights (EFHR) calls on the Egyptian authorities to disclose the whereabouts of Egyptian engineer Omar Khaled Abdel Moneim Nazem, who works at IT company in Saudi Arabia, after he has been missing for ten days…
According to lawyers who spoke to EFHR, the Prison Authority informed the Terrorism Criminal Court convened at the Badr Complex on July 19 that it was unable to transfer dozens of defendants from various prisons, including the Badr prisons, 10th…
ًEFHR calls on the judicial authorities, the Public Prosecutor, and the National Council for Human Rights to urgently assume their responsibility to investigate the conditions of detention in Badr 3 Prison, to fulfill their roles in ensuring detainees’ rights, and…
EFHR documented the decision of the Supreme State Security Prosecution- SSSP on 21 June 2025 to remand Dr. Suzanne Mohamed Suleiman Mahmoud (67 years old – a surgeon) in custody for 15 days pending investigation in Case No. 4880 of…
The EFHR monitored the decision of the Supreme State Security Prosecution- SSSP to remand approximately eight young men, including a trainee lawyer, Saif Mamdouh Ahmed, in pretrial detention pending Case No. 3862 of 2025 (Supreme State Security). They face charges…
EFHR has documented the decision of the Supreme State Security Prosecution to release journalist Rasha Qandil on bail pending Case No. 4196 of 2025 (Supreme State Security- SSSP). She was released in exchange for a financial bail of 50,000 Egyptian…
EFHR monitored the investigation of around ten citizens, including two women, by the Supreme State Security Prosecution on May 4 and 5, 2025, in connection with Case No. 3284 of 2025 (Supreme State Security). The charges brought against them include…