* Giza Criminal Court decided to adjourn the detention renewal session of defendants Thaer Ezzat, Hamada Mohamed, Ibrahim Medhat, Karim Zeidan, Ibrahim Mohamed, Mahmoud Mahrous, and Khaled Sayed pending Case No. 1739 of 2018 State Security. The session has been postponed to the hearing of August 18, 2020 due to the inability to bring the defendants from their jail to the courthouse.

* The detention of researcher and journalist Shimaa Samy has been renewed for 15 days- without appearing before the Prosecution- pending Case No. 535 of 2020 State Security.

* The detention of journalist Haytham Hassan has been renewed for 15 days- without appearing before the Prosecution- pending Case No. 586 of 2020.

* Cairo Criminal Court’s 5th circuit decided to adjourn the sentencing hearing in the retrial procedures of two defendants in the case known in the media as “The Advanced Qualitative Committees” for the hearing of August 16; due to the inability to transfer the defendants from their jail to the courthouse.

* Cairo Criminal Court’s 1st circuit decided to adjourn the trial of 11 defendants in the case known in the media as “Spying for Isis” for the hearing of August 24; due to the inability to transfer the defendants from their jail to the courthouse.