Date of source: Wednesday, December 18, 2002
The case of Saad Eddin Ibrahim is a criminal one and is not politically motivated. He is being tried by law and nothing else. When the Court of Cassation overturned the verdict of the Supreme State Security Court, Ibrahim got his legal right to a retrial.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2002
The Court of Cassation will release its final decision concerning Saad Eddin Ibrahim on January 7. It nullified a seven-year sentence issued twice by the Supreme State Security Court. It will hear a new trial by itself according to law.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2002
Saad Eddin Ibrahim does not believe that there is political intervention behind the verdict of the Court of Cassation because the Egyptian regime does not submit to pressures and President Mubarak rejects foreign intervention. He says the American President George Bush intervened in his case due to...
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2002
The decision of the Court of Cassation on the appeal lodged against the prison sentence handed down to Saad Eddin Ibrahim will be final as it is the highest Egyptian judicial authority. Ibrahim´s lawyer says that the acceptance of the appeal became certain. He denies any political intervention...
Date of source: Saturday, November 23, 2002
The Criminal Cassation Prosecution in Egypt accepted an appeal lodged against the sentence handed down to Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Ibrahim’s lawyer said that if the court of cassation accepts the appeal, Ibrahim should be released immediately.
Date of source: Thursday, November 7, 2002
The author believes that the case of Saad Eddin Ibrahim was created with the aim of limiting the activities of Egyptian human rights and civil organizations. He believes that accusations in the case were randomly directed and that many persons were excluded.
Date of source: Monday, October 14, 2002
A group of liberal intellectuals from throughout the Arab world signed a communiqué in which they urged President Mubarak to free Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The article gives a translation of the communiqué as well as the Egyptian opposition´s reaction to it along with an appendix listing the signatories.
Date of source: Monday, September 30, 2002
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim has lodged an appeal against the imprisonment sentence handed down to him. The appeal is based on 14 reasons that have to do with violating and misinterpreting the law and the constitution on the part of the court. Accepting the appeal means a granting of a new trial before...
Date of source: Saturday, September 21, 2002
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim has lodged an appeal through his lawyer against the seven-year imprisonment sentence handed down to him. Judicial sources expect a political intervention to hasten work in the case.
Date of source: Friday, August 30, 2002
The case of Saad Eddin Ibrahim is raised in many Western newspapers, both in the United States and in Europe. Most is written in a tone of surprise. These articles make our world appear to be different in its values from the developed world.