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sanctity of the home and the prohibition of the law believes that granting more rights to
searching houses except by a judicial order. the accused reduces the role of the Public
However, at the same time, it expanded some Prosecution and weakens its power.
powers of the Public Prosecution, giving And it is important to detail these two
them the right in certain cases to issue search categories. As for the first category, it
warrants even before obtaining the judge's represents humanrights defenders and many
approval. In addition, the law stipulated local and international human rights
some procedures that expedite the litigation organizations. This category believes that
and trial process, along with adding some although the law mentions many rights for
amendments to the system of cassation or the accused, they remain insufficient
appeal. As we mentioned, the parliament's compared to the powers of the Public
desire is to issue a law that keeps pace with Prosecution. As we mentioned, the law gives
the current era, so it has added some the Public Prosecution the right to interrogate
provisions related to emerging crimes such the accused without a lawyer in special and
as cybercrimes. It has also indicated the emergency cases, and this point has faced
Title opposition because it contradicts
introduction of a system for telephone and significant
electronic advertisements by establishing a the accused's right to have a lawyer present
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telephone advertisement center under the in all circumstances. Additionally, human
Ministry of Justice, which will help speed up rights advocates believe that the detention
the pace of criminal procedures. period remains long despite the law's
So, in general, we can observe the most attempts to amend pretrial detention. In
important amendments and additions addition to their concerns about some of the
emphasized by the new Criminal Procedure broad powers granted to the Public
Law, which primarily aims to develop and Prosecution, such as the right to monitor
improve litigation procedures while electronic communication means and social
increasing the rights of defendants and, at the media accounts, which threatens privacy, one
same time, expanding some powers of the of the most important international human
Public Prosecution. rights organizations that has expressed its
concern about these powers is Human Rights
Watch. One of the main demands of this
opposing faction is the clarity of the legal
wording of most articles to prevent any form
of ambiguity or confusion when interpreting
or applying the provisions of that law,
ensuring that the accused are not harmed.
Thus, the conflict of the law in some of its ELITE’s Seventh Anniversary (2018-2025)
provisions regarding the rights of the accused
This law has garnered many opinions among and the powers of the public prosecution has
supporters and opponents. We find that the led many human rights defenders to criticize
opponents of this law are divided into two the law, alongside their demands for an
categories. The first category opposes the increase in the rights of the accused.
law because they believe that although it As for the second category that also
grants rights to the accused, these rights criticized the law, they mostly represent
remain insufficient, especially since the new conservatives who believe that the law grants
rights are met with greater powers for the excessive rights to defendants, even tho the
Public Prosecution, which creates a law has expanded some powers of the Public
contradiction. The second category opposing Prosecution.

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