As part of its continuous monitoring of the legal situation related to major human rights cases in Egypt, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) issues its weekly bulletin on updates of the most important cases. These are published within its Political Trials Calendar, created to facilitate the search for court session dates and recent developments in a simplified, accessible manner.
This bulletin covers the period from September 13 to September 18, 2025, and includes the following cases:
Case 1: Trial of Brotherhood Leader Yehia Moussa and 38 Others
- Date: September 13, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second terrorism circuit of the first degree criminal court postponed the trial of Brotherhood leader Yehia Moussa and 38 other defendants in Case No. 15072/2024 (Fifth Settlement criminal court), to November 10, 2025, to hear witness testimony.
Case 2: Trial of 35 Defendants from Terrorist Group Leadership in Haram
- Date: September 13, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second terrorism circuit of the first degree criminal court postponed the trial of 35 defendants in Case No. 66158/2024 (Haram criminal court) to October 25, 2025, to hear witnesses.
Case 3: Joining a Terrorist Group in Omraniya
- Date: September 13, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The appeals circuit reserved for judgment the appeal filed by defendant Sohaib Alaa El-Din Abdel-Monem (30, graphic designer) against the first degree sentence of 3 years’ imprisonment for joining a terrorist group in Case No. 10832/2023 (Omraniya felonies), setting October 13, 2025 for pronouncement of judgment.
Case 4: ISIS Delta Province
- Date: September 13, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court reserved for judgment the trial of 9 high-risk defendants in Case No. 379/2024 (Supreme State Security), registered as No. 13552/2024 (Helwan criminal court), known in the media as “ISIS Delta Province.” The court set October 29, 2025 for pronouncement of judgment.
Case 5: Kerdasa Explosives Cell
- Date: September 13, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of 13 defendants in Case No. 16563/2023 (Kerdasa felonies), registered as No. 2529/2023 (Supreme State Security), known in the media as “Kerdasa Explosives Cell,” to November 26, 2025 for the Public Prosecution’s pleadings.
Case 6: Hadayek Cell – “Nucleus of the Revolution”
- Date: September 13, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The appeals circuit presided over by Judge Hamada El-Sawy reserved for judgment the appeal filed by four defendants in Case No. 5314/2023 (Hadayek El-Qubba), registered as No. 41/2023 (Supreme State Security), known as “Nucleus of the Revolution,” setting October 14, 2025 for pronouncement of judgment.
Case 7: Revolutionary Guards
- Date: September 13, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The appeals court postponed the appeal lodged by nine defendants convicted of assuming leadership and membership in a terrorist group known in the media as “Revolutionary Guards,” to October 12, 2025 to continue pleadings.
Case 8: Badrashin Violence Events
- Date: September 13, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The appeals court postponed the appeal of defendant Mahmoud Mostafa Talab Abu Hashima in the case known as “Badrashin Events,” to October 11, 2025 for the principal defense counsel to attend.
Case 9: Moaz El-Sharkawy Case – El-Marg Forgery Cell
- Date: September 14, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The appeals circuit postponed the appeal filed by six defendants accused of joining and financing a terrorist group and forging official documents for terrorist purposes, in the case known as “El-Marg Forgery Cell,” to October 11, 2025, for the appellants to be presented before the court from their detention.
Case 10: Alf Maskan Demonstrations
- Date: September 14, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The appeals circuit presided over by Judge Hamada El-Sawy postponed the appeal of Ahmed Mohamed Abbas El-Metwally (the principal defendant) in the “Alf Maskan Demonstrations” case to October 12, 2025, for the appellant to be presented before the court from detention.
Case 11: Attempted Murder of an Officer – ISIS Sinai
- Date: September 14, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of 34 defendants accused of joining ISIS Sinai and attempting to murder an officer at Giza Security Directorate, in Case No. 15657/2024 (Dokki felonies), to November 11, 2025 to hear witnesses.
Case 12: Trial of Eight Defendants for Joining ISIS – “ISIS Nasr City”
- Date: September 14, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of 8 defendants accused of joining ISIS, in Case No. 18600/2024 (Nasr City felonies), known as “ISIS Nasr City,” to November 11, 2025 to continue defense pleadings.
Case 13: Targeting the Real-Estate Registry, Security Checkpoints, and Gold Shops in El-Marg
- Date: September 14, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of 4 defendants in Case No. 283/2025 (Hadayek El-Qubba felonies), to October 27, 2025 to hear witnesses.
Case 14: Targeting Mallawi Police Station in Minya
- Date: September 14, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second terrorism circuit of the first degree criminal court postponed the trial of 8 defendants in Case No. 5713/2025 (Nasr City Third) to November 11, 2025 to hear witnesses.
Case 15: Trial of Yehia Moussa and 57 Others for Joining ISIS
- Date: September 14, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of Brotherhood leader Yehia Moussa and 57 others on charges of joining ISIS and plotting hostile operations (Case No. 55/2024, Supreme State Security; registered as No. 1235/2024, Omraniya felonies) to November 11, 2025 for pleadings.
Case 16: Brotherhood Media Committee
- Date: September 14, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second appeals circuit postponed to November 10, 2025 the appeal of six defendants associated with Hamza Zawba on charges including joining a terrorist group, broadcasting false news likely to disturb public order, and financing terrorist groups, in the case known as “Brotherhood Media Committee,” for pronouncement of judgment.
Case 17: Nahda Sit-In Dispersal
- Date: September 14, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the retrial of defendant Gamal Abdel-Dayem Abdel-Monem Khalafallah (defendant no. 251 in the referral order) in Case No. 12681/2013 (Giza), known as “Nahda Sit-In Dispersal,” to October 14, 2025 for investigations.
Case 18: Trial of Moataz Matar, Mohamed Nasser, Abdallah El-Sherif, and Mohamed Ali
- Date: September 15, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of Moataz Matar, Mohamed Nasser, and 9 others in Case No. 339/2025 (First Settlement) to November 12, 2025 to continue defense pleadings.
Case 19: Trial of Yehia Moussa and 24 Others – Armed Revolutionary Mobilization
- Date: September 15, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of Yehia Moussa and 24 other defendants accused of joining “Armed Revolutionary Mobilization” to carry out hostile operations against police and army personnel, in Case No. 194/2025 (Katameya felonies), to November 12, 2025 for defense pleadings.
Case 20: Targeting the Marazeek Checkpoint
- Date: September 15, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of a defendant accused of targeting the Marazeek checkpoint in Giza, in Case No. 7730/2024 (Hawamdiya felonies), to October 13, 2025 for defense pleadings.
Case 21: Al-Qaeda Cluster Cells
- Date: September 15, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of 78 defendants accused of joining Al-Qaeda cluster cells in Case No. 19115/2024 (Nasr City felonies), which targeted police and security personnel at El-Warraq and Imbaba police stations, to November 9, 2025 to hear witnesses.
Case 22: ISIS Helwan 2
- Date: September 15, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court at Badr, presided over by Judge Wagdy Abdel-Moneim, postponed the trial of 5 defendants in Case No. 14406/2024 (Helwan felonies), known in the media as “ISIS Helwan,” to November 22, 2025 for the Public Prosecution’s pleadings.
Case 23: El-Neama First Church Bombing in El-Marg
- Date: September 15, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second appeals circuit postponed the appeal of six defendants in Case No. 31369/2023 (El-Marg felonies), known as “El-Neama First Church Bombing in El-Marg,” to October 14, 2025 for review and pleadings.
Case 24: Attack on the Three Pyramids Hotel
- Date: September 16, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The appeals circuit postponed the appeal of defendant Mahmoud Abdel-Qader Ali Saad against a 3-year sentence in Case No. 20472/2022 (Giza felonies), known as “the terrorist attack on the Three Pyramids Hotel,” to October 13, 2025 for the principal defense counsel to attend.
Case 25: Trial of Yehia Abdel-Hady for Spreading False News and Incitement
- Date: September 16, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of engineer Yehia Abdel-Hady, accused of spreading false news and incitement to commit a terrorist crime, in Case No. 8197/2025 (Nasr City First felonies), to October 29, 2025 to hear witnesses.
Case 26: Trial of Lawyer Hoda Abdel-Monem and 9 Others
- Date: September 16, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second terrorism circuit postponed the trial of 10 defendants in Case No. 19719/2024 (Nasr City felonies), on charges of joining a terrorist group, to November 23, 2025 for the Public Prosecution’s pleadings.
Case 27: The Integrated Entity – Trial of Yehia Moussa and 114 Others
- Date: September 16, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of Yehia Moussa and 114 other defendants in Case No. 5490/2024 (Kasr El-Nil felonies), known as “the Integrated Entity,” to November 23, 2025 to hear prosecution witnesses, with the continued detention of those held on remand.
Case 28: Hazemoon Organization – El-Marg Cell
- Date: September 16, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The appeals circuit postponed the first appeal hearing filed by three defendants convicted of joining the Hazemoon terrorist organization against the first-degree judgments, to October 13, 2025, for the first appellant to be presented before the court from detention.
Case 29: Hasm Vanguards (2)
- Date: September 16, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of 111 defendants in the Hasm Vanguards and Lewaa Al-Thawra case, on charges including establishing a terrorist group, misuse of social media, unlawful possession of firearms, and committing a terrorism-financing offense, to November 25, 2025 for the Public Prosecution’s pleadings.
Case 30: Expatriates’ Committees
- Date: September 17, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second terrorism circuit postponed the trial of 32 defendants in Case No. 69091/2024 (Haram), known as “Expatriates’ Committees,” to November 9, 2025, as the defendants were not presented before the court from their detention.
Case 31: Financing and Foreign-Currency Trading – Yehia Moussa and 16 Others
- Date: September 17, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court, presided over by Judge Wagdy Abdel-Moneim, postponed the trial of Yehia Moussa and 16 others in the financing and foreign-currency trading case to November 23, 2025, as the detained defendants were not presented before the court.
Case 32: Abu El-Fotouh Case – Broadcasting False News About the Tiran and Sanafir Agreement
- Date: September 17, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the retrial of defendant Hossam Mohamed Ali on a charge of spreading false news about the Tiran and Sanafir agreement, to October 11, 2025, as the defendant was not presented before the court from detention.
Case 33: Mohamed Mahmoud Events
- Date: September 17, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the retrial of defendant Ahmed Hassan Azab Bayoumi in the case known as “Mohamed Mahmoud Events,” to October 11, 2025, as the defendant was not presented before the court from detention.
Case 34: Killing of Officer Wael Tahoun – El-Nozha “Qualitative Operations Committees”
- Date: September 17, 2025
- Place: Badr courthouse complex
- Proceedings: The second first-degree criminal court postponed the trial of 41 defendants in Case No. 1430/2018 (Supreme State Security), registered as No. 1149/2024 (El-Nozha felonies), known as “El-Nozha Qualitative Operations Committees”—which targeted the Heliopolis Court and El-Nozha Post Office—to November 8, 2025, as the defendants were not presented before the court.
