Renewing the Detention of Nearly a Thousand Prisoners in a Single Session: a Violation of Fair Trial Standards

 

 The Justice Support Foundation affiliated with the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession ACIJLP expresses its deep concern and condemnation of the practices taking place in the terrorism circuits of the criminal courts at the Badr Courts Complex, which in their entirety represent a grave violation of the principles and standards of fair trials, as well as a waste of the right to defense, without which the trial of the accused loses an essential pillar of its fair foundations and justice. On June 29, more than a thousand defendants were presented for renewal of their detention before the Third Circuit of Cairo Criminal Courts, which led to the withdrawal of all lawyers from the circuit while automatically renewing the detention of the accused without the presence of their lawyers and without even enabling them of defending themselves. Moreover, the renewals were conducted via video conference.

 

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