Egypt's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Amr Talaat, and Minister of Justice, Adnan El-Fangary, have launched the remote litigation system for criminal cases at the East Alexandria Primary Court, enabling lawyers to attend pretrial detention renewal hearings without physically appearing in court. The system, which builds on an existing remote detention extension process, will be rolled out nationwide to cover all criminal and economic courtrooms. It uses artificial intelligence (AI) to convert oral pleadings, judicial rulings, and defendants' statements into written transcripts, automating court minutes and eliminating manual transcription. Talaat highlighted that more than 850 fibre-optic lines had been connected in one year to every courtroom, correctional facility, and police station, with 1,530 video communication units installed to allow judges to conduct simultaneous hearings across multiple locations. He added that the enhanced digital infrastructure enables secure remote participation by lawyers, judges, and witnesses, meeting top cybersecurity standards. The system, that has been developed entirely by Egyptian engineers at the Ministry's Applied Innovation Centre, has achieved an accuracy rate of over 96 per cent. Attribution: Amwal Al Ghad English Subediting: M. S. Salama
