Issued decisions

• Yesterday evening, Giza Criminal Court has ordered the release of film producer Moataz Abdel-Wahab who is detained on a charge of spreading false news.
• The Supreme State Security Prosecution has renewed the detention of journalist and researcher Shaimaa Samy for 15 days pending investigations into Case No 535 of 2020 State Security without letting her to appear before the prosecutor.
• The Supreme State Security Prosecution has renewed the detention of journalist Islam al-Kahli for 15 days pending investigations into Case No 855 of 2020 State Security without letting him to appear before the prosecutor.
• The 2nd circuit (Terrorism) of Giza Criminal Court adjourned the retrial of one defendant in the case known in the media as ‘Hurghada Hotel’ for the hearing of October 7, 2020.
• The 2nd circuit (Terrorism) of Giza Criminal Court sentenced 11 defendants to 15 years in high-security prison, and 4 defendants and one minor to 3 years in prison, while it ordered the acquittal of one defendant and obliged all the previously convicted defendants to pay EGP 137,000 to the zoo, 2 million and EGP 922,000 to Orman Park, 10 million and EGP 903,000 to Giza governorate, and EGP 25 million to the Faculty of Engineering in the case known in the media as ‘Al-Nahda Sit-in dispersal incidents’.

Decisions not issued
• Giza Terrorism Criminal Court has considered the detention renewal of journalist Haytham Hassan pending Case No. 586 of 2020 State Security, but hasn’t reached a decision so far.
• Giza Terrorism Criminal Court has considered the detention renewal of labor leader Hassan Barbary pending Case No. 930 of 2019 State Security, but hasn’t reached a decision so far.
• Cairo Terrorism Criminal Court is considering the trial of 11 defendants in the case known in the media as ‘Spying for Isis’, but hasn’t reached a decision so far.