Rabaa Massacre

#Rabaa_Massacre

The Rabaa massacre lacked an impartial judge and transparent investigations to look into the events and summon all those involved.

The investigations were handled by the State Security Prosecution and referred to a terrorism court, which is an exceptional circuit.

It issued rulings that were closer to top-down decisions aimed at political revenge.

Among the most notable cases were:

*1. Case No. 34150 of 2015, Criminal Court of Nasr City First*

Known in the media as:

"The Case of the Dispersal of the Rabaa Al-Adawiya Sit-in"

• Number of defendants: 739 individuals

• Among the most prominent: Dr. Mohamed Badie (Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood), photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid known as "Shoukan", Safwat Hegazy, Essam El-Erian, Osama Yassin, and others.

• Rulings issued in September 2018:

• 75 death sentences (reduced on appeal to only 12)

• 47 life sentences

• 374 sentences of 15 years in prison

• 215 sentences of 5 years in prison

• Acquittal of 22 individuals

*2. The Case of Al-Fath Mosque*

• Originated from protests on August 16-17, 2013, following the dispersal of Rabaa, inside and around Al-Fath Mosque in Ramses, Cairo.

• Number of defendants: approximately 494 individuals

• Collective sentences were issued for various terms of up to 25 years

*3. The Case of the Rabaa Operations Room*

Case No. 2210 of 2014, Criminal Court of Agouza

(Known in the media as "The Rabaa Operations Room")

Prominent defendants:

• Mohamed Badie (Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood)

• Salah Sultan

• Mohsen Radi

• Mahmoud Ghazlan

• Jihad Al-Haddad (spokesperson for the Brotherhood)

• And others (initially numbering around 51 defendants)

️ Charges against them:

• Managing an operations room to direct the activities of the Rabaa sit-in both on the ground and in the media

• Preparing plans to confront the state after the ousting of President Mohamed Morsi

• Spreading false rumors

• Inciting violence

• Disrupting state institutions

️ Rulings:

April 2015 – Primary Court:

• Death sentences for 14 defendants (including Mohamed Badie)

• Life sentences for several defendants

• December 2015 – Court of Cassation:

• Ruled to annul the sentences and retry the case due to legal and procedural flaws

May 2017 – Retrial:

• Confirmed life sentences for Mohamed Badie and others

• Sentences of 5 and 10 years for the remaining defendants

• Acquittal of some (such as Hani Salah El-Din)

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