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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…
The undersigned human rights organizations are gravely concerned as the trial of Ahmed Aboul Fotouh approaches, with its first session on Sunday, 27 April. Ahmed is the son of Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, head of the Strong Egypt Party,…
The Egyptian Front for Human Rights monitored the death of Hamdi Yousry Hashem (62 years old) on April 20, 2025, at the medical center of the 10th of Ramadan Prison, as a result of medical negligence by the 10th of…
A security force affiliated with the Ministry of Interior arrested Ahmed Abou El-Fotouh, son of Dr. Abdel Moneim Abou El-Fotouh, on Wednesday, April 16, while he was at the Qattameya Traffic Department to renew his driver’s license. The arrest was…
The Supreme State Security Prosecution has interrogated more than 54 citizens since February 5 in connection with cases numbered 816, 846, 847, 849, and 851 of 2025 (Supreme State Security Registry). They have been charged with joining a terrorist group,…
The Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) has decided to detain the politician and head of the Strong Egypt Party, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, in connection with Case No. 768 of 2020. He has been accused of leading a terrorist group…
The EFHR documented on November 17 and 18, 2024, the investigation of WHRD Hoda Abdelmonem and Aisha Al-Shater in connection with a new case (Case No. 800 of 2019 – State Security). The prosecution charged them with joining and financing…
Ihab Masoud Ibrahim Goha, a leader of the The Independence Party, passed away on the morning of November 4, 2024, after enduring severe health issues for five years during his detention. Goha had been held in pretrial detention since September…
The State Security Prosecution (SSSP) has renewed the detention of approx. 35 people in connection with case numbers 2806 and 2627 for the year 2024, both of which are being handled by the SSSP. The first case involves around three…