The Boulaq Al-Dakrour Misdemeanor Court postponed on Thursday a ruling in the case of 10 protesters arrested for unlicensed protesting on 25 April and released them pending trial on a bail of EGP 1,000.
The defendants were arrested on 25 April from a demonstration in Boulaq Al-Dakrour area against the cabinet decision to transfer the sovereignty of Tiran and Sanfir islands to Saudi Arabia.
The prosecution accused the 10 people for unlicensed protesting and for breaking the protest law. Sayed Keshta, the tenth defendant, will remain in prison as he is currently being charged in another case.
A total of 223 defendants were arrested for protesting on 25 April and are divided into four different cases. One-hundred and fifty-two of them are still being detained pending trial and the others have been released, according to Al-Haqanya rights organisation.
Last week, Abdeen court decided on 21 May to file an appeal for 33 out of the 51 defendants who received a two-year prison sentence.
In a similar case, the Dokki and Agouza Misdemeanour Court handed another 101 defendants five-year prison sentences and ordered 79 defendants to pay a fine of EGP 100,000 for unlicensed protesting.
The nationwide 25 April protests were met with a strong security response and were followed by the arbitrary arrest of bystanders without any investigation, according to numerous testimonies.
