BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Committee for Justice - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Committee for Justice X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.cfjustice.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Committee for Justice REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251013 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251014 DTSTAMP:20260403T231341 CREATED:20230906T123327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T144235Z UID:34962-1760313600-1760399999@www.cfjustice.org SUMMARY:5th Settlement Cell DESCRIPTION:Case Number \nCase number 1360 for 2021\, State Security/ Criminal/ Emergency Al-Nozha. \nCase registration number\nCase number 1233 for 2019\, Supreme State Security. \nName of the case in the media \nHelwan Brigades \n\n\n\n \n \n Link of the case on the Justice Watch Archive platform \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n Timeline\n \n \n 14/11/21 \n \n\n \n \n \n The case is scheduled for judgment in the session of January 30th \n \n \n \n \n \n 30/01/22 \n \n \n \n \n The First Terrorism Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court\, held at the Tora Courts Complex\, has decided to refer the papers of 10 accused individuals in case number 4459 for the year 2015\, Halwan criminal\, registered under number 321 for the year 2015\, and known in the media as “Helwan Brigades”\, to the Mufti of the Republic for issuing a religious opinion on their execution. The session for the verdict has been set for June 19th. \n \n \n \n \n \n 19/06/22 \n \n \n \n \n The verdict has been postponed to the session of June 28th. \n \n \n \n \n \n 03/18/23 \n \n \n \n \n The court sentenced one defendant to death and another defendant to rigorous imprisonment for 15 years \n \n \n \n \n \n 08/05/23 \n \n \n \n \n The case has been postponed to the session of October 3rd for pleading. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Case Summary \nThe origins of the case trace back to the security campaign carried out by the Ministry of Interior in several residential areas in south Cairo and Giza. This followed the release of a video clip broadcasted via social media and “YouTube” in 2014 titled “Helwan Brigades: We are tired of the Muslim Brotherhood’s peacefulness”. In the video\, a group of young men were shown brandishing firearms\, threatening army and police forces\, warning them against ongoing brutality and claiming they were all targets. The video ends with the chant “No peace with the interior ministry”. \nFollowing this\, police forces arrested around one hundred and fifty suspects starting from June 2014. The defendants in the case faced various charges\, and they were accused of several terrorist incidents which were incorporated into the case. These include: sabotaging an emergency police vehicle in Helwan\, damaging the Helwan traffic department building and stealing its contents\, destroying the Tenth District police checkpoint\, attempting to kill police forces around the Helwan police station\, attempting to murder police forces in Arab Ghanim area\, killing police forces near Al-Azhar University\, murdering the recruit Mostafa Khalil Jad\, killing three recruits in front of Al-Azhar University\, murdering police officer Ramadan Fayez\, killing Captain Mostafa Mohsen\, attempting to kill two policemen from the Arab Al-Walidah police point\, possessing explosives and detonating them at Al-Basha cafe in Helwan\, attacking the administrative security officials of the university city affiliated to Al-Azhar University\, destroying the Helwan district building\, detonating an explosive device near the Hakr tunnel in Tebin\, destroying a public bus\, and damaging a gas room in the Arab Al-Hisar maritime area. \nAdditionally\, there were incidents of sabotaging electricity transmission towers in the following areas: (Al-Kuraimat Line/Al-Basateen – Al-Akhsas Village – Al-Laithi Line/Al-Kuraimat – Atfih – Al-Akhsas Village – Al-Tabin/Al-Kuraimat Line – Abu Zayed and Gharb Al-Namayra Areas) \nThe Supreme State Security Prosecution began its investigations with the defendants in the case\, totaling 215 according to the referral order\, with 126 of them being detained\, following the investigation records drafted by the National Security and Helwan police stations\, El-Saff\, Atfeeh\, and Tebeen. The investigations were initiated by Captain Tawfiq Mustafa\, an officer in the National Security Sector\, on June 11\, 2014. \nOn February 19\, 2015\, Counselor Tamer Farjani\, the Senior Public Prosecutor of the Supreme State Security\, issued his decision to refer the case number 451 for the year 2014\, supreme state security\, to the competent criminal court with number 29 for the year 2015\, supreme state security criminal. \nThe referral order accused 215 defendants\, with 126 of them being detained\, of various charges. The first trial sessions for the defendants commenced in August 2015\, before the 15th Circuit. In a surprising turn\, in November 2019\, the case under report was attributed to the Cairo Criminal Court\, Terrorism Circuit/ First Circuit\, chaired by Judge Mohamed Sherin Fahmy. The trial sessions continued until January 30\, 2022\, when the court decided to refer the papers of 10 defendants to the Mufti for his opinion on their execution\, setting the session of June 19 for the verdict announcement. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Case status:\nUnder first-degree trial \nDate of the previous session:\n08/05/23 \nType of investigative authority:\nSupreme State Security Prosecution \nCourt name:\nCairo Criminal Court\, Terrorism Circuit \nLocation:\nBadr Court Complex \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Circuit number:\nFirst Circuit\nCircuit formation\nHeaded by Judge Mohamed El-Said El-Sharbeeny\, with the membership of Judges Essam Abou El-Ela\, Ghareeb\, Mohamed Nabi\, Mahmoud Zidan\, Mohamed Metwally\, and Mohamed Nabil. \nTotal number of defendants:\n1 \nDecision Taken in the Last Session:\nThe First Terrorism Circuit of the Criminal Court\, held at the Court Complex of the Appeal’s Custody of the Reform and Rehabilitation Center in Badr\, decided to postpone the retrial of a defendant in case number 4459 of the year 2015\, Halwan criminal\, registered under number 321 of the year 2015 and known in the media as “Helwan Brigades”\, until the session on 3rd October for pleading. \nDate of the next session:\n10/03/23 \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nPublications about the case URL:https://www.cfjustice.org/pcalendar/5th-settlement-cell/ LOCATION:Badr Courts Complex\, Badr City\, Cairo Governorate\, 5Q6P+666\, Egypt END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251019 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251020 DTSTAMP:20260403T231341 CREATED:20230730T204333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230730T204531Z UID:34492-1760832000-1760918399@www.cfjustice.org SUMMARY:Al-Manassa events DESCRIPTION:Case Number \nCase number 1360 for 2021\, State Security/ Criminal/ Emergency Al-Nozha. \nCase registration number\nCase number 1233 for 2019\, Supreme State Security. \nName of the case in the media \nHelwan Brigades \n\n\n\n \n \n Link of the case on the Justice Watch Archive platform \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n Timeline\n \n \n 14/11/21 \n \n\n \n \n \n The case is scheduled for judgment in the session of January 30th \n \n \n \n \n \n 30/01/22 \n \n \n \n \n The First Terrorism Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court\, held at the Tora Courts Complex\, has decided to refer the papers of 10 accused individuals in case number 4459 for the year 2015\, Halwan criminal\, registered under number 321 for the year 2015\, and known in the media as “Helwan Brigades”\, to the Mufti of the Republic for issuing a religious opinion on their execution. The session for the verdict has been set for June 19th. \n \n \n \n \n \n 19/06/22 \n \n \n \n \n The verdict has been postponed to the session of June 28th. \n \n \n \n \n \n 03/18/23 \n \n \n \n \n The court sentenced one defendant to death and another defendant to rigorous imprisonment for 15 years \n \n \n \n \n \n 08/05/23 \n \n \n \n \n The case has been postponed to the session of October 3rd for pleading. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Case Summary \nThe origins of the case trace back to the security campaign carried out by the Ministry of Interior in several residential areas in south Cairo and Giza. This followed the release of a video clip broadcasted via social media and “YouTube” in 2014 titled “Helwan Brigades: We are tired of the Muslim Brotherhood’s peacefulness”. In the video\, a group of young men were shown brandishing firearms\, threatening army and police forces\, warning them against ongoing brutality and claiming they were all targets. The video ends with the chant “No peace with the interior ministry”. \nFollowing this\, police forces arrested around one hundred and fifty suspects starting from June 2014. The defendants in the case faced various charges\, and they were accused of several terrorist incidents which were incorporated into the case. These include: sabotaging an emergency police vehicle in Helwan\, damaging the Helwan traffic department building and stealing its contents\, destroying the Tenth District police checkpoint\, attempting to kill police forces around the Helwan police station\, attempting to murder police forces in Arab Ghanim area\, killing police forces near Al-Azhar University\, murdering the recruit Mostafa Khalil Jad\, killing three recruits in front of Al-Azhar University\, murdering police officer Ramadan Fayez\, killing Captain Mostafa Mohsen\, attempting to kill two policemen from the Arab Al-Walidah police point\, possessing explosives and detonating them at Al-Basha cafe in Helwan\, attacking the administrative security officials of the university city affiliated to Al-Azhar University\, destroying the Helwan district building\, detonating an explosive device near the Hakr tunnel in Tebin\, destroying a public bus\, and damaging a gas room in the Arab Al-Hisar maritime area. \nAdditionally\, there were incidents of sabotaging electricity transmission towers in the following areas: (Al-Kuraimat Line/Al-Basateen – Al-Akhsas Village – Al-Laithi Line/Al-Kuraimat – Atfih – Al-Akhsas Village – Al-Tabin/Al-Kuraimat Line – Abu Zayed and Gharb Al-Namayra Areas) \nThe Supreme State Security Prosecution began its investigations with the defendants in the case\, totaling 215 according to the referral order\, with 126 of them being detained\, following the investigation records drafted by the National Security and Helwan police stations\, El-Saff\, Atfeeh\, and Tebeen. The investigations were initiated by Captain Tawfiq Mustafa\, an officer in the National Security Sector\, on June 11\, 2014. \nOn February 19\, 2015\, Counselor Tamer Farjani\, the Senior Public Prosecutor of the Supreme State Security\, issued his decision to refer the case number 451 for the year 2014\, supreme state security\, to the competent criminal court with number 29 for the year 2015\, supreme state security criminal. \nThe referral order accused 215 defendants\, with 126 of them being detained\, of various charges. The first trial sessions for the defendants commenced in August 2015\, before the 15th Circuit. In a surprising turn\, in November 2019\, the case under report was attributed to the Cairo Criminal Court\, Terrorism Circuit/ First Circuit\, chaired by Judge Mohamed Sherin Fahmy. The trial sessions continued until January 30\, 2022\, when the court decided to refer the papers of 10 defendants to the Mufti for his opinion on their execution\, setting the session of June 19 for the verdict announcement. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Case status:\nUnder first-degree trial \nDate of the previous session:\n08/05/23 \nType of investigative authority:\nSupreme State Security Prosecution \nCourt name:\nCairo Criminal Court\, Terrorism Circuit \nLocation:\nBadr Court Complex \n\n \n \n \n\n \n Circuit number:\nFirst Circuit\nCircuit formation\nHeaded by Judge Mohamed El-Said El-Sharbeeny\, with the membership of Judges Essam Abou El-Ela\, Ghareeb\, Mohamed Nabi\, Mahmoud Zidan\, Mohamed Metwally\, and Mohamed Nabil. \nTotal number of defendants:\n1 \nDecision Taken in the Last Session:\nThe First Terrorism Circuit of the Criminal Court\, held at the Court Complex of the Appeal’s Custody of the Reform and Rehabilitation Center in Badr\, decided to postpone the retrial of a defendant in case number 4459 of the year 2015\, Halwan criminal\, registered under number 321 of the year 2015 and known in the media as “Helwan Brigades”\, until the session on 3rd October for pleading. \nDate of the next session:\n10/03/23 \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nPublications about the case URL:https://www.cfjustice.org/pcalendar/al-manassa-events/ LOCATION:Badr Courts Complex\, Badr City\, Cairo Governorate\, 5Q6P+666\, Egypt END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR