Minya Criminal Court postponed the trial of Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 545 other Brotherhood-affiliated defendants to next Monday.
The first hearing was held on Saturday morning amid tight security measures.
The court rejected a request by the defendants' lawyers to change the judges, according to the lawyers themselves.
Minya top prosecutor Abdel Rehim Abdel Malek said the defendants are accused of protesting, murder, attempted murder, the use of force and violence against public employees, sabotage, stealing weapons, destroying government records, allowing detainees to escape, possessing weapons without a license, threatening public security and seizing public transport vehicles.
Al-Masry Al-Youm quoted a source at Minya Security Directorate Thursday saying changes have been made to doors and seats in the hall where the trial of Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and other 1,228 Brotherhood-affiliated defendants is to take place over many charges of violence. An iron cage costing LE90,000 has been built in the hall, he added.
A joint judicial-security committee has inspected the hall on Thursday in preparation for the trial, the source said.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
