Trial of engineer Mamdouh Hamza

Court of Appeal, Cairo Criminal Court, 1^st circuit Terrorism, The Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants: 1

Case No. 48 of 2020 State Security

Charges: Inciting to commit a terrorism crime, use force and violence and disturb public order through posting comments on his personal “Twitter” and obstructing and resisting the authorities while carrying out their duties.

* Retrial procedures of defendants in "Al-Talbyia violence incidents"

Court of Appeal, Giza Criminal (Terrorism) 2^nd circuit, number of defendants: 1

Charges: Gathering, inciting citizens to gather, possessing firearms, inciting student to use violence, and disrupting transportation.

Retrial of defendants in "Al-Fath Mosque incidents"

Court of Appeal, Giza Criminal, 2^nd circuit (Terrorism), number of defendants: 3

Charges: Desecration of Al-Fateh Mosque, disrupting prayers, deliberate and attempted murder, gathering, bullying, sabotaging public and private facilities, possessing motorized firearms, cartridges, ammunition and explosives, blocking roads, disrupting public transportation and endangering the safety of people- which are crimes that took place during the period from 16 to 17 August 2013- in addition to joining a group established contrary to the provisions of the law and vandalization of public property.

Hassm Movement II

The Military Court, Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants 271

Charges: Joining a terrorist group, killing Captain Ibrahim al-Azzazi of the national security sector and targeting security spots of the police

Customs corruption

Cairo Criminal Court, Abbassyia Courts Complex, number of defendant: 1 (Youssef Boutros Ghali)

Charges: Willful damage to the funds of the Ministry of Finance.

The seizure of Hassan Nafaa's funds

Cairo Criminal Court, convened at the Fifth Settlement

Charges: Colluding with a terrorist group to achieve its goals and spreading false news

* Retrial of defendants in "Upper Egypt's ISIS organization"

Cairo Court of Appeal, Giza (Terrorism) Criminal Court’s 2^nd circuit, number of defendants: one defendant

Charges:  Funding terrorist operations for the organization, establishing, taking the leadership of, and joining a group that is established contrary to the provisions of the law and which aimed at disrupting the Constitution and the law, and preventing state institutions and public authorities from performing their duties, assaulting the personal freedom of citizens, and harming national unity and social peace.

Dispersal of Rabaa sit-in

Giza Criminal Court, Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants 84

Charges: Premeditated murder of citizens and police forces, attempted murder, intentional obstruction of transportation, demonstration without notification, gathering, intentional destruction of public and private property, possession and acquisition of weapons and ammunition without notification

Trial of engineer Mamdouh Hamza

Court of Appeal, Cairo Criminal Court, 1^st circuit Terrorism, The Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants: 1

Case No. 48 of 2020 State Security

Charges: Inciting to commit a terrorism crime, use force and violence and disturb public order through posting comments on his personal “Twitter” and obstructing and resisting the authorities while carrying out their duties.

* Retrial of defendants in "Atfih incidents"

Cairo Court of Appeal, Giza Criminal (Terrorism) 2^nd circuit, number of defendants: 2

Charges: Gathering, threatening to use violence, stirring chaos, the raid and the arson of Atfih police station, attempted murder, forming a gang equipped with weapons and ammunition, Molotov cocktails and cartridges with the aim to attack and kill police personnel at Atfih police station, destroying public and private property, and preventing state institutions from carrying out their duties.

* Al-Nahda Sit-in dispersal

Giza Criminal Court, retrial procedures of defendants, 2^nd Terrorism circuit, number of defendants: 12

Charges: Staging a gathering with the aim to disturb public security and peace, endangering the lives of citizens, and resisting police officers in charge of dispersing the gathering, premeditated murder, blocking roads and opposing the June 30 revolution.

The great wheat corruption

Giza Criminal Court, number of defendant: 11

Charges: Seizing 104 million Egyptian pounds, and facilitating the seizure of more than 530 million Egyptian pounds of state funds for the benefit of several individuals, topped by Abdul Ghaffar Mohammed Salmouni – Vice President of the Chamber of Grain Industry

Sinai province

Military Court, Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants 555

Charges: Advocating the ideas of the extremist terrorist group “ISIS” based on considering the ruler an infidel and the necessity of going out against him, claiming that the Islamic law “Sharia” is not applied, considering the armed forces, the police and the judiciary as infidels, calling for their blood and the blood of the Christians, calling for seizing their property and houses of worship

* Retrial procedures of defendants in "Al-Talbyia violence incidents"

Court of Appeal, Giza Criminal (Terrorism) 2^nd circuit, number of defendants: 1

Charges: Gathering, inciting citizens to gather, possessing firearms, inciting student to use violence, and disrupting transportation.

* Retrial procedures of defendants in "Al-Talbyia violence incidents"

Court of Appeal, Giza Criminal (Terrorism) 2^nd circuit, number of defendants: 1

Charges: Gathering, inciting citizens to gather, possessing firearms, inciting student to use violence, and disrupting transportation.

* Retrial of one defendant in "Popular Resistance Committees"

Cairo Court of Appeal, Giza Criminal (Terrorism) 2nd circuit, number of defendants: 1

Charges: Establishing a terrorist group to disrupt the constitution and the law, killing 3 people including a low-ranking police officer, and possessing unlicensed arms and ammunition

Dispersal of Rabaa sit-in

Giza Criminal Court, Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants 84

Charges: Premeditated murder of citizens and police forces, attempted murder, intentional obstruction of transportation, demonstration without notification, gathering, intentional destruction of public and private property, possession and acquisition of weapons and ammunition without notification

* A lawsuit to nullify the transformation of Warraq Island into a new urban community

The State Council, The Court of Administrative Justice’s First Circuit (Rights and Freedoms), lawsuit filed by some of Warraq Island’s residents

The lawsuit demands: To cancel and halt the implementation of the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 20 of 2018, published in the Official Gazette on June 2, to establish a new urban community in Al-Warraq Island which is set to be an affiliate to the country’s New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA).

* The dismissal of MB- affiliated employees from state institutions

The State Council, The Court of Administrative Justice’s First Circuit (Rights and Freedoms), plaintiff: lawyer Samir Sabry

Case No. 66967 of 73 judicial year.

The lawsuit demands: To issue a decision to dismiss all employees belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood group from their posts and positions in the state’s administrative apparatus.

al-Arab Police Station Incidents

Port Said Criminal Court, Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants 62

Charges: Joining a group established contrary to the provisions of the law and carrying out terrorist operations

Maspero Incidents II

Cairo Criminal Court, Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants: 2 (retrial of 2 defendants against a 10 years rigorous imprisonment sentence in absentia).
Charges: Gathering, murder, display of force, attacking public and private property, attacking citizens, and threatening to use violence in a way that resulted in the disturbance of public peace.‏

* Retrial of one defendant in "Advanced Qualitative Committees Cell"

Cairo Court of Appeal, The criminal court’s fifth circuit (terrorism), number of defendant: 1

Charges: Leading an organization that is established contrary to the provisions of the law and which aims at disrupt the constitution and law, preventing state institution and public authorities from performing their duties, assaulting personal freedoms of citizens and public freedoms and rights guaranteed by the constitution and the law, harming national unity and social peace, through the establishment of operations committees affiliated with the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group with the aim to: overthrow the regime by force, attack police personnel and facilities as well as public and private establishments using terrorism to achieve their purposes.

* Retrial of defendants in the "Arson of Kafr Hakim Church"

Cairo Criminal Court’s first circuit, convened at the Police Cadets Institute, Number of defendants: 2 (handed down life imprisonment sentences in the case No. 8672 of 2014 Kerdasa, registered under No. 3358 of 2014 North Giza).

Charges: Joining a group established contrary to the provisions of the law and the Constitution, possession of firearms and ammunition, attempted murder, deliberate arson of a religious facility, cutting off traffic, and resisting the authorities.

Hassm Movement II

The Military Court, Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants 271

Charges: Joining a terrorist group, killing Captain Ibrahim al-Azzazi of the national security sector and targeting security spots of the police

Cabinet Incidents

Cairo Criminal Court, Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants 8

Charges: First degree murder, gathering, protesting without notice, trespassing on public and private property, arson of the Scientific Complex, and possession of explosive materials without license.

* The appeal of defendants in "Matrouh's ISIS" case

Court of Cassation, number of defendants:

Charges: Establishing, organizing and running a group that was established in contravention of the provisions of the law to disrupt the constitution and prevent state institutions from carrying out their work. This group is affiliated to ISSI formed at Matrouh Governorate, and it is accused of: providing the group with financial aid, weapons, ammunition, information and materials used in making explosives.

* Retrial of defendants in “Al-Mataria Violence incidents”

Cairo Court of Appeal, The criminal court’s Fifth Circuit, number of defendants: 8

Charges: Premeditated and attempted murder, possession of firearms, gathering and committing acts of violence in the Mataria district, on January 25, 2015, and joining a group established contrary to the provisions of the law.

Hassm Movement II

The Military Court, Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants 271

Charges: Joining a terrorist group, killing Captain Ibrahim al-Azzazi of the national security sector and targeting security spots of the police

Spying for ISIS

Cairo Court of Appeals, 1^st circuit, Cairo Criminal Court, number of defendants: 11

Charges: Spying for ISIS terrorist organization and its Special Deterrence Forces in Libya with the aim of committing terrorist crimes against the Egyptian citizens residing there, kidnapping and torturing Egyptian citizens to obtain ransom money for their release, supplying ISIS with money and information, human trafficking, and smuggling illegal immigrants.

Retrial of defendants in "Damietta Cell"

Cairo Court of Appeal, Cairo Criminal, 5^th circuit (Terrorism), number of defendants: 3

Charges: Joining an outlawed group, vandalization of public property, attempted murder, embracing blasphemy views, targeting churches, joining a terrorist group established contrary to the provisions of the law that calls for the disruption of the Constitution, preventing state institutions from carrying out their duties, targeting public and private facilities, and disturbing public peace.

* The appeal by defendants in the " Kerdasa's Popular Resistance Committee " case

Court of Cassation, number of defendants:

Charges: Establishing a “Popular Resistance Committee” gang in Nahia and Kerdasa districts with the aim to disrupt the provisions of the law and the constitution, prevent state institutions from performing their duties. Other defendants, among them a deceased person, are accused of joining the gang/group with the knowledge of its purposes.

Sinai province

Military Court, Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants 555

Charges: Advocating the ideas of the extremist terrorist group “ISIS” based on considering the ruler an infidel and the necessity of going out against him, claiming that the Islamic law “Sharia” is not applied, considering the armed forces, the police and the judiciary as infidels, calling for their blood and the blood of the Christians, calling for seizing their property and houses of worship

Trial of engineer Mamdouh Hamza

Court of Appeal, Cairo Criminal Court, 1^st circuit Terrorism, The Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants: 1

Case No. 48 of 2020 State Security

Charges: Inciting to commit a terrorism crime, use force and violence and disturb public order through posting comments on his personal “Twitter” and obstructing and resisting the authorities while carrying out their duties.

* Appeal by Gamal Eid and others challenging their travel-ban order

Cairo Criminal Court, convened at Abdeen Court, number of defendants:  15

The appeal was filed by a number of human rights defenders challenging the travel ban order issued against them in the Case No. 173 of 2011, known as “the foreign funding” case.

* A lawsuit demanding to implement the "Prison Authority Sector" Law for lawyer Ziyad Al-Alimi

The Court of Administrative Justice’s 1^st circuit (Rights and Freedoms)

Case No: 37306 of 47 judicial year.

The lawsuit demands: To enable lawyer and former MP Ziyad Al-Alimi to communicate with his lawyers and family by any possible means of communication.

Helwan Brigades

Giza Criminal Court, Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants 215

Charges: Assuming leadership of a group established contrary to the provisions of the law, the purpose of which is to call for disrupting the provisions of the constitution and laws, preventing state institutions and public authorities from carrying out their duties, attacking citizens’ personal freedoms and the public rights and freedoms provided for by the constitution and harming national unity and social peace

Trial of engineer Mamdouh Hamza

Court of Appeal, Cairo Criminal Court, 1^st circuit Terrorism, The Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants: 1

Case No. 48 of 2020 State Security

Charges: Inciting to commit a terrorism crime, use force and violence and disturb public order through posting comments on his personal “Twitter” and obstructing and resisting the authorities while carrying out their duties.

Sinai province

Military Court, Police Cadets Institute, number of defendants 555

Charges: Advocating the ideas of the extremist terrorist group “ISIS” based on considering the ruler an infidel and the necessity of going out against him, claiming that the Islamic law “Sharia” is not applied, considering the armed forces, the police and the judiciary as infidels, calling for their blood and the blood of the Christians, calling for seizing their property and houses of worship

* The appeal by the defendants in "Upper Egypt's ISIS organization"

Court of Cassation, number of defendants: 24

Charges: Establishing, taking the leadership of, and joining a group that is established contrary to the provisions of the law and which aimed at disrupting the Constitution and the law, and preventing state institutions and public authorities from performing their duties, assaulting the personal freedom of citizens, and harming national unity and social peace. This group calls for accusing the ruler of being disbeliever, overthrowing the regime, attacking state institutions, killing Christian citizens and stealing their money and property, targeting public facilities for the purpose of overthrowing the state, disturbing public order, and endangering the safety and security of society, using terrorism methods to implement its purposes.

Retrial of defendants in "License plates"

Court of Appeal, Cairo Criminal Court, circuit 23 (South), convened at the Fifth Settlement, number of defendants: 1

Charges: Securing a deal with the German company UTSCH, after it filed a report to the two ministers Youssef Boutros Ghali, former Minister of Finance, and Habib El-Adly, demanding to allow it, upon a direct order, to export license plates for a total of 22 million euros, equivalent to 176 million Egyptian pounds at that time.

* Retrial of defendants in the "Arson of Kafr Hakim Church"

Cairo Criminal Court’s first circuit, convened at the Police Cadets Institute, Number of defendants: 2 (handed down life imprisonment sentences in the case No. 8672 of 2014 Kerdasa, registered under No. 3358 of 2014 North Giza).

Charges: Joining a group established contrary to the provisions of the law and the Constitution, possession of firearms and ammunition, attempted murder, deliberate arson of a religious facility, cutting off traffic, and resisting the authorities.

The great wheat corruption

Giza Criminal Court, number of defendant: 11

Charges: Seizing 104 million Egyptian pounds, and facilitating the seizure of more than 530 million Egyptian pounds of state funds for the benefit of several individuals, topped by Abdul Ghaffar Mohammed Salmouni – Vice President of the Chamber of Grain Industry

* The appeal by defendants in "Rabaa El-Adwyia Sit-in dispersal" case

Court of Cassation, number of defendants: 320

The defendants are challenging the death and prison sentences issued against them on 8 September 2018.

Charges: A crowd consisting of more than 5 people gathered in the vicinity of Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square in 2013, endangering the country’s peace and public security. The gathering aimed at intimidating and terrorizing people, putting their lives, freedoms, and security at risk, and committing assault crimes against people and those surrounded the crowd or anyone who oppose their political affiliation, ideas and beliefs.