But it is admissible…

On the third of July, the Cairo Court of Appeal issued its ruling in the lawsuit against the public prosecutor, which was initiated by our officeacting on behalf of our client, Mona Ahmed Seif El-Islam Abdel Fattah, for neglecting nine complaints and reports submitted by our client and the family of the late Ahmed Seif El-Islam, depriving them of achieving justice, where the court ruled that the lawsuit was not admissible, and that the litigant is to be fined two thousand Egyptian pounds.

The ruling for the inadmissibility of the lawsuit had a lot of shortcomings and many objections, such as the failure to address the reasons for the lawsuit in the case, and the violation of the rights of defense.

The ruling came also short on its causes and full of contradictions in facts. It is also in violation of form and procedures as stipulated in the law.

Although we have not obtained the official ruling until today, we have decided to start the cassation procedures, solidifying the right of our client and her family, as well as the right of prisoner of conscience Alaa Abdel Fattah to receive justice and the rule of law, and rejecting the public prosecutor’s negligence of his right.

We also affirm that we will not stop pursuing all legal and human rights avenues and channels until justice is done, the rule of law is upheld and the deprivation of our client and her family of legal protection comes to an end.

Cairo: July 26, 2022

Gamal Eid