Issued Decisions
– The Court of Cassation turned down the appeal filed by a defendant challenging the 10-year prison sentence issued against him in the case of “the arson of Mar Girgis Church in Sohag governorate.”
– The Court of Cassation rejected the appeals challenging the death sentences issued in the case known in the media as “Kerdasa’s Popular Resistance Committee”. The court, on the other hand mitigated the life imprisonment penalty handed down to the case’s defendants to a 10-year high-security prison sentence.
– The Court of Administrative Justice ruled to drop the membership of Essam Sultan, Osama Mohamed Morsi, and 4 leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood group from the Lawyers’ Syndicate.
– Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the retrial procedures of 9 defendants in the case known in the media as “The revolution’s third anniversary” for the hearing of October 27, 2020.
Decisions not issued until 5 pm
– Cairo Criminal Court is considering the detention renewal session of Zyiad El-Eleimy and journalists Hisham Fouad and Hossam Moanis in Case No. 930 of 2019 State Security, but hasn’t reached a decision so far.

– Cairo Criminal Court is considering the detention renewal session of lawyer Mohamed al-Baqir and blogger and activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah in Case No. 1356 of 2019 State Security, but hasn’t reached a decision so far.

– Cairo Criminal Court is considering the detention renewal session of journalist and TV presenter Ahmed Alaam in Case No. 558 of 2020 State Security, but hasn’t reached a decision so far.

– Cairo Criminal Court is considering the detention renewal session of the deputy head of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party in Case No. 488 of 2019 State Security, but hasn’t reached a decision so far.

– Cairo Criminal Court is considering the detention renewal session of dozens of those detained in Case No. 1530 of 2019 State Security, but hasn’t reached a decision so far.

– The State Security Prosecution continues its investigation with hundreds of citizens detained in Case No. 880 of 2020 State Security against the backdrop of September 20 Protest incidents, but hasn’t reached its decision so far.