To the observer, Sinai seems to be a completely closed off area to any attempt to get information of the army's operations there against what they call "terrorism"; although the authorities announce almost on a daily basis the killing of many of the "terrorist" elements.

In a new precedent, never to occur before in Egypt or anywhere else in the world, the Minya Criminal Court issued a decision to refer the papers of 529 defendants to the Grand Mufti, in preparation for sentencing them to death, in the case of the attack on Matay police station in Minya.

The issue of the so-called fight against terrorism constituted the bulk of the speech by the Interim President Adli Mansour, who confirmed that terrorism threatens everyone, with no exception. He said, "This terrorism comes under the desperate attempts to infringe upon the right of people to enforce their will, and to try to undermine the stability and disruption of their development.

British newspaper Telegraph, on Sunday March 9 2014 CE, presented videos leaked from inside Egyptian prisons, describing them as uncovering the dire situation in these prisons, as well as uncovering the systematic torture of detainees inside the prisons due to the similarity of its means and methods.