Adjourned to September 17 for completion of pleadings
17/09/22
Adjourned to October 5 for completion of pleadings
05/10/22
The case is adjourned for judgment on January 15, 2023
01/15/23
On January 15, 2023, the Fourth Circuit (Terrorism) of the Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court, held at Tora Courthouse, sentenced the defendant Mohamed Ali to life imprisonment, along with 37 others. Five defendants were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, and 16 defendants were sentenced to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment.
The court also acquitted 21 individuals, sentenced 4 defendants to 10 years of imprisonment, 8 others to 5 years, and 11 defendants to 15 years of imprisonment. All of them were included in the terrorism lists in the case known in the media as « The Joker. »
08/21/23
On August 21, 2023, the court decided to adjourn the retrial session of 31 defendants to October 15 to continue the defense’s pleadings, while the detained defendants remained in custody pending trial.
10/14/23
On October 14, 2023, the case was adjourned to October 22 for the completion of the defense’s pleadings, and the detained defendants remained in custody.
10/22/23
On October 22, 2023, the First Circuit (Terrorism) of the Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court, held at Badr Courthouse, decided to adjourn the retrial session of 31 defendants in the case of the contractor Mohamed Ali, charged with spreading false news that could affect national security and joining a group opposing the law and the constitution. This group is the terrorist organization “The Muslim Brotherhood,” in the case known in the media as “The Joker.” The session was adjourned to November 8 for the completion of the defense’s pleadings, with the detained defendants remaining in custody.
Case Summary
The First Circuit (Terrorism) of the Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court, held at Badr Courthouse, decided to adjourn the retrial session of 31 defendants in the case of the contractor Mohamed Ali, charged with spreading false news that could affect national security and joining a group established in violation of the law and the constitution. This group is the terrorist organization « The Muslim Brotherhood, » in the case known in the media as « The Joker. » The session was adjourned to October 15 for the completion of the defense’s pleadings, with the detained defendants remaining in custody. The decision was made under the chairmanship of Judge Mohamed El-Saeed El-Sharbini and the membership of Judges Essam Abu Al-Ala, Gharib Mohamed Metwally, Mahmoud Zidan, with the secretarial assistance of Mamdouh Abdel Rashid and Ahmed Mustafa.
The defendants whose retrial procedures were conducted are as follows:
Hassan Hani Hassan Al-Najjar
Mustafa Idris Nabawi Mustafa
Ahmed Wahab Allah Mohamed Hassan
Mohamed El-Sayed Tawfik
Mahmoud Mustafa Ali Issa
Abdel Rahman Mustafa Mustafa Al-Maghribi
Saber Ashraf Farouk Ahmed
Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Ahmed
Mohamed Khalaf Abdel Fattah Abdel Hadi
Mahmoud Yasser Mahmoud
Moataz Ahmed Mustafa
Mohamed Mahmoud Osman
Abdel Latif Rafat Abdel Latif
Ahmed Khalaf Abdel Fattah
Mohamed Essam Ali Al-Gayoushi
Ahmed Sabry Gharib
Khaled Abdel Wahab Hussein
Fahti Mustafa Al-Soufi
Abdel Rahman Mohamed Abdel Moe’ti
Mustafa Mohamed Abdel Hamid
Mohamed Munir Rashad
Salah Abdel Qader Mustafa
Mohamed Ahmed Sayed Ali
Mohamed Abdel Hamid Mohamed Ali
Mahmoud Awad Ahmed Sayed
Hisham Azzat Hassan Ahmed
Mustafa Maher Amin
Mohamed Al-Batal Abdel Azim
Abdel Rahman Ali Al-Azabi
Ali Khamees Mohamed Ali
Islam Samir Abdel Wahid
The First Circuit (Terrorism) of the Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court, held at Badr Courthouse, had previously issued its verdict in the trial of the contractor Mohamed Ali and 102 other co-defendants on charges of spreading false news that could affect national security and joining a group established in violation of the law and the constitution. This group is the “terrorist organization The Muslim Brotherhood, » in the case known in the media as « The Joker. » The court sentenced 38 defendants, including the contractor Mohamed Ali, to life imprisonment. Five defendants were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, 16 defendants to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment, and 21 defendants were acquitted. Twenty-three individuals were sentenced to imprisonment terms ranging from 5 years to 15 years. The court ordered the defendants sentenced to probation under police supervision for five years, starting from the expiration of their monetary penalties, except for the defendants who were sentenced to pay criminal expenses. The court also ordered the confiscation of firearms, white weapons, ammunition, and seized tools.
The State Security Prosecution charged the defendants in the Joker case with committing crimes related to joining a terrorist group established against the provisions of the law with the aim of undermining the constitution and laws, obstructing the state’s institutions and authorities from performing their duties, and spreading false news about the political and economic situation in the country to disrupt public peace. This falls under the goals of the “terrorist organization the Muslim Brotherhood, » and promoting its purposes, which aim to undermine confidence in the Egyptian state and its institutions.
Case Status
Repeat the procedures of the first degree
Date of the Previous Session:
10/22/23
Investigating Authority:
State Security Prosecution
Court Name:
Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court, Terrorism Division
Location:
Badr Courthouse
Circuit number:
Fourth Circuit
Circuit formation
Chaired by Judge Mohamed El-Saeed El-Sharbini
Defendants Present:
64
Decision Made in the Last Session:
The First Circuit (Terrorism) of the Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court, held at Badr Courthouse, decided to adjourn the retrial session of 31 defendants in the case of the contractor Mohamed Ali, charged with spreading false news that could affect national security and joining a group opposing the law and the constitution. This group is « the terrorist organization the Muslim Brotherhood, » in the case known in the media as « The Joker. » The session was adjourned to November 8 for the completion of the defense’s pleadings, with the detained defendants remaining in custody.
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Case Number
Case No. 195 of 2021, Total New Cairo
Felony/Misdemeanor number
Case No. 653 of 2021, State Security Emergency Court, First Settlement
Case registration number
Case No. 1357 of 2019, Supreme State Security
Name of the case in the media
The Joker
Timeline
Adjourned to May 14 for completion of pleadings
Adjourned to May 21
Adjourned to June 15 for completion of pleadings
Further adjourned to August 14
Adjourned to September 17 for completion of pleadings
Adjourned to October 5 for completion of pleadings
The case is adjourned for judgment on January 15, 2023
On January 15, 2023, the Fourth Circuit (Terrorism) of the Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court, held at Tora Courthouse, sentenced the defendant Mohamed Ali to life imprisonment, along with 37 others. Five defendants were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, and 16 defendants were sentenced to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment.
The court also acquitted 21 individuals, sentenced 4 defendants to 10 years of imprisonment, 8 others to 5 years, and 11 defendants to 15 years of imprisonment. All of them were included in the terrorism lists in the case known in the media as « The Joker. »
On August 21, 2023, the court decided to adjourn the retrial session of 31 defendants to October 15 to continue the defense’s pleadings, while the detained defendants remained in custody pending trial.
On October 14, 2023, the case was adjourned to October 22 for the completion of the defense’s pleadings, and the detained defendants remained in custody.
On October 22, 2023, the First Circuit (Terrorism) of the Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court, held at Badr Courthouse, decided to adjourn the retrial session of 31 defendants in the case of the contractor Mohamed Ali, charged with spreading false news that could affect national security and joining a group opposing the law and the constitution. This group is the terrorist organization “The Muslim Brotherhood,” in the case known in the media as “The Joker.” The session was adjourned to November 8 for the completion of the defense’s pleadings, with the detained defendants remaining in custody.
Case Summary
The First Circuit (Terrorism) of the Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court, held at Badr Courthouse, decided to adjourn the retrial session of 31 defendants in the case of the contractor Mohamed Ali, charged with spreading false news that could affect national security and joining a group established in violation of the law and the constitution. This group is the terrorist organization « The Muslim Brotherhood, » in the case known in the media as « The Joker. » The session was adjourned to October 15 for the completion of the defense’s pleadings, with the detained defendants remaining in custody. The decision was made under the chairmanship of Judge Mohamed El-Saeed El-Sharbini and the membership of Judges Essam Abu Al-Ala, Gharib Mohamed Metwally, Mahmoud Zidan, with the secretarial assistance of Mamdouh Abdel Rashid and Ahmed Mustafa.
The defendants whose retrial procedures were conducted are as follows:
The First Circuit (Terrorism) of the Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court, held at Badr Courthouse, had previously issued its verdict in the trial of the contractor Mohamed Ali and 102 other co-defendants on charges of spreading false news that could affect national security and joining a group established in violation of the law and the constitution. This group is the “terrorist organization The Muslim Brotherhood, » in the case known in the media as « The Joker. » The court sentenced 38 defendants, including the contractor Mohamed Ali, to life imprisonment. Five defendants were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, 16 defendants to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment, and 21 defendants were acquitted. Twenty-three individuals were sentenced to imprisonment terms ranging from 5 years to 15 years. The court ordered the defendants sentenced to probation under police supervision for five years, starting from the expiration of their monetary penalties, except for the defendants who were sentenced to pay criminal expenses. The court also ordered the confiscation of firearms, white weapons, ammunition, and seized tools.
The State Security Prosecution charged the defendants in the Joker case with committing crimes related to joining a terrorist group established against the provisions of the law with the aim of undermining the constitution and laws, obstructing the state’s institutions and authorities from performing their duties, and spreading false news about the political and economic situation in the country to disrupt public peace. This falls under the goals of the “terrorist organization the Muslim Brotherhood, » and promoting its purposes, which aim to undermine confidence in the Egyptian state and its institutions.
Case Status
Repeat the procedures of the first degree
Date of the Previous Session:
10/22/23
Investigating Authority:
State Security Prosecution
Court Name:
Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court, Terrorism Division
Location:
Badr Courthouse
Circuit number:
Fourth Circuit
Circuit formation
Chaired by Judge Mohamed El-Saeed El-Sharbini
Defendants Present:
64
Decision Made in the Last Session:
The First Circuit (Terrorism) of the Supreme State Security Emergency Criminal Court, held at Badr Courthouse, decided to adjourn the retrial session of 31 defendants in the case of the contractor Mohamed Ali, charged with spreading false news that could affect national security and joining a group opposing the law and the constitution. This group is « the terrorist organization the Muslim Brotherhood, » in the case known in the media as « The Joker. » The session was adjourned to November 8 for the completion of the defense’s pleadings, with the detained defendants remaining in custody.
Date of the Next Session:
11/08/23
Publications about the Case:
Details
Venue
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