Date of source: Sunday, October 28, 2001
The 96 persons accused in Al-Kosheh riots will be retried before the Sohag Criminal Court. The Court of Cassation accepted the appeals lodged by the Supreme State Security Prosecution against the acquittals they were given.
Date of source: Monday, October 15, 2001
The Military Prosecution started to investigate 80 fundamentalists for being members of a secret group that aims at overthrowing the governing authorities. The lawyer of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya, denied that any of his accused clients had any relations with Bin Laden or with Ayman Al-Zawahry, the...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 2, 2001
The National Security Prosecution arrested an employee who formed a group believing in ideas against Islam and spreading them in his workplace and the area where he lives. The ideas have to do with denying the holy hadiths and claiming that some of the obligations mentioned in the Sunna are not...
Date of source: Friday, December 12, 2003
Yesterday, security authorities raided the houses of 10 leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria and arrested them. The arrested were referred to the State Security Prosecution.
Date of source: Monday, September 15, 2003
The Egyptian State Security Prosecution decided to extend the imprisonment of 17 Brotherhood members pending further investigations in two separate cases. The 17 members were arrested six months ago.
Date of source: Monday, September 15, 2003
The investigations of the Egyptian State Security Prosecution in relation to the case of 25 fundamentalists, showed that a former Brotherhood leader played an important role in establishing a group planning to hit US and Western assets in Arab and Islamic countries.
Date of source: Sunday, September 14, 2003
Security forces arrested Dr. Gamal Heshmet, former member of the Parliament on the pretext of affiliating to the banned group of the Muslim Brotherhood. A large number of security forces broke into Heshmet’s apartment with wooden ladders.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 30, 2003
The Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the imprisonment of 12 persons for a period of 15 days. These persons are said to form a new fundamentalist cell of the Gama´a Al-Islamiya. They were accused of reviving the activities of the group, whose members have declared the initiative to...
Date of source: Sunday, July 20, 2003
The Supreme State Security Prosecution decided to renew the jail sentence of 25 Muslim Brotherhood members who have been detained last month.
Date of source: Saturday, June 21, 2003
The Shura Council has agreed upon establishing a national council for human rights. The author interviewed many human rights activists to give their comments on the advantages and disadvantages of establishing such a council.