Egypt, like many other countries, operates under the principle
that individuals' innocence is presumed until proven guilty.
This is the same regardless of whether the individual in question
is a suspect or the subject to an accusation since this principle
is one of the pillars upon which the concept of a fair trial is
based.
Accordingly, every person accused of a crime, regardless of its
gravity, the strength of the suspicions that surround it, and the
evidence presented against the individual, must be treated
throughout the various stages of the case, with this presumption of
innocence, until otherwise is proven through a final court
ruling.
Innocence for human beings is a constitutional right and a
necessary condition for organized freedom, and it is a presumption
that can only be refuted by a final judgment of conviction with
this in mind, the amount, or the type of evidence has no effect
until the end of the trial, even if that evidence is
