1. Personal information
a. Birth: The child Mahmoud was born on 1 January 2003. He was arrested at the age of 15 on charges in the case known in the media as the “Hasm 2” case.
b. Upbringing: He grew up in Sherbin, Dakahlia Governorate, in a family known for its religious commitment but not affiliated with any political current.
c. Occupation: First-year student at an Azhari secondary school.
d. Political activity/affiliation: He has no political affiliation or activity.
2. Previous arrests: The child Mahmoud had not been arrested in any previous case.
3. Timeline from the arrest to the verdict and the copying of the case
a. Background of the arrest:
– 24 January 2018, arrest: The child Mahmoud’s home was stormed and searched, and he was arrested.
– 4 February 2018, appearance before the Supreme State Security Prosecution: He was forcibly disappeared inside National Security headquarters for 10 days, during which he suffered all kinds of torture, until he appeared before the Supreme State Security Prosecution in the case known in the media as the “Hasm 2” case.
b. Background of the case
Case No. 420 of 2017 Supreme State Security Inquiry, known in the media as the “Hasm 2 case”, registered as No. 123 of 2018 East Cairo Military Felonies, after being merged with Case No. 1074 of 2017, known in the media as the “Liwaa El-Thawra” (Revolution Brigade) case.
The case includes 278 defendants. It is the second case with defendants accused of joining the Hasm movement, after Case No. 64 of 2017 North Military, known in the media as the “Hasm 1” case.
c. Charges: The prosecution brought the following charges against the child Mahmoud, defendant No. 45 in the referral order:
– Joining a terrorist group with knowledge of its aims.
– Taking part in killing police officers and personnel.
– Possession of a firearm and ammunition.
d. Trial and sentences
– June 2018, terrorism list decision: The child Mahmoud was added to the terrorist lists for five years under Request No. 7 of 2018 on terrorist entities decisions, and No. 7 of 2018 on listing terrorists, in Case No. 420 of 2017 Supreme State Security Inquiry.
– December 2018, referral to the military court: The military prosecution referred the case to the military court and set 16 January 2019 for the first trial session of the defendants, at the Police Institute in Tora.
– 17 March 2021, ruling: The military court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the case of the child Mahmoud, defendant No. 45 in the referral order, and sent his papers to the military prosecution.
– 26 May 2022, ruling ratified: The military court’s ruling that it lacked jurisdiction was ratified, and the child’s papers were returned to the Supreme State Security Prosecution to be referred to the competent court, but the case was not referred to any court.
– 23 July 2022, copied into a new case: The case was copied into a new case, No. 1042 of 2022 Supreme State Security Inquiry, in which he is the only defendant held in pretrial detention.
4. Detention conditions
a. Places of detention: The child Mahmoud passed through several places of detention, starting with his enforced disappearance inside National Security headquarters, then detention in the El-Eqabiya Prison in El-Marg, then transfer to Tora Reception Prison after he turned 18, and finally transfer to the newly built Badr 3 Prison.
b. Violations
– Enforced disappearance inside National Security premises for 10 days.
– Repeated electric shocks throughout his disappearance.
– Severe beating that broke his teeth.
– Being blindfolded throughout his detention, including while he was being tortured inside the National Security headquarters.
– Falsification of the arrest report by the officer who wrote it. The authorities claimed he was arrested at home on 4 February 2018 and that they searched him and his home and found a homemade shotgun. In fact he was arrested at home on 24 January 2018 and had no evidence items on him at all.
c. Detention conditions in prison: The young man Mahmoud is currently suffering many violations, along with all the prisoners in Badr 3 Prison: a total ban on exercise and visits, scarce meals that do not satisfy hunger, a ban on bringing in medicine, poor health care for prisoners, and no shaving tools at all. Conditions inside Badr 3 Prison have become so bad that 55 prisoners took their own lives because of the poor detention conditions, according to the latest letter sent by one of the prisoners.