CAIRO — The Egyptian regime has been trying to enroll judges and members of judicial authorities and committees in training sessions in strategic and national security studies at the Nasser Higher Military Academy, a judicial source that attended one of the sessions told Al-Monitor. The sessions, which started three months ago, are ongoing and will target all judicial committees and authorities in Egypt.

The Nasser Higher Military Academy was established by presidential decree in 1965. It was set up as a training program for senior civil servants across various state sectors to prepare them for leading positions. Many journalists and ministry officials as well as heads of some key institutions were required to complete the training to occupy such positions.

A judge who is a member of an Egyptian judiciary committee told Al-Monitor that he had been ordered to take the training session in strategic and national security studies at the Nasser Higher Military Academy in Dokki district in Giza. He noted that attendance has become mandatory for all members of the judicial authorities.

The source, who preferred to remain anonymous for safety reasons, explained that the two-week session entails six training hours per day, saying that principles and strategies of national security are taught in addition to the importance of information security.