Issued decisions
– Cairo Criminal Court’s 1st Terrorism Circuit set the trial of 11 defendants in the case known in the media as “Spying for Isis” for adjudication at the hearing of April 27.
– The Court of Adminisrative Justice turned down the lawsuit filed by Mortada Mansour demanding to cancel the Supreme Council for Media Regulation’s decision to stop broadcasting the “Zamalek Today” program while ordering Al Mehwar TV to pay the fine.
– The Court of Adminisrative Justice rejected 3 appeals submitted by the Journalists Syndicate demanding to suspend the mid-term elections for the syndicate’s board which is scheduled for next March 5, 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Decisions not issued
– Cairo Criminal Court’s 3rd circuit has considered the detention renewal of Al Karama Party members Abo Zeid Barakat, Mohamed Aatyia, Karam alBaghdadi Ahmed Tawfik, and journalist Hesham Abdel Aziz, along with Samy Al Nahri’s precautionary measure pending Case No. 1956 of 2019 State Security, but hasn’t reached a decision so far.
– Cairo Criminal Court’s 3rd circuit has considered the detention renewal of activist Hassan Mostafa, Hussein Khamis, lawyer Mohab El Ebrashi and Islam Ali Mohamed pending Case No. 1898 of 2019 State Security, but hasn’t reached a decision so far.
– Cairo Criminal Court’s 3rd circuit has considered the detention renewal of journalist Badr Badr Mohamed pending Case No. 1360 of 2019 State Security, but hasn’t reached a decision so far.
