Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim was charged with violating the military law No. 4/ 1992. This law considered collecting funds and donations from foreign bodies without informing the authorities offensive to the government. But his lawyer obtained a copy of a legal principle set by the appeal court, in which it...
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim filed an appeal against the seven-year prison sentence he was given in the case against the Ibn Khaldoun Center. The appeal argued that the court had made mistakes in procedures and other matters related to the subject of the case.
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s lawyer decided to lodge an appeal against his seven-year prison sentence within the appeals procedure’s time limit. Despite Ibrahim’s deteriorating health condition, Salih asked him to stop asking to be released because of it.
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001
The head of the solicitors committee defending Saad Eddin Ibrahim said that he did not accept any attempts to interfere in his case, whether local or international, and also that he trusted the honesty of the Egyptian court. He confirmed that the Israeli Prime Minister had not interfered in the...
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2001
Said Al-Naggar sent a message to Saad Eddin Ibrahim. In this message he referred to Ibrahim as someone who threw himself into sincere research and studies with all his power to raise Egypt’s rank among the nations. He asked Ibrahim to consider whether he has done something wrong pertaining to his...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Yesterday the Higher State Security Court in Egypt gave its reasons for finding all the defendants in the Ibn-Khaldoun Center case guilty. They concentrated on the legal part of the case and did not discuss the campaign adopted by American and western bodies against the verdict. They explained they...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2001
Many articles were written in the European and American press about the sentence imposed on Saad Eddin Ibrahim by the State Security Court. He was found guilty of some of the charges made against him and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. State Security courts are based on article 171 of...
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2001 to Friday, June 22, 2001
Some foreign countries are still using the Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim case to nail Egyptian democracy, freedom, and the honesty of the justice system by saying the case was not based on the criminal acts carried out by the Ibn Khaldoun Center. Professor Mustafa Al-Shaka said it was the espionage of...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2001
A state of anxiety prevailed among Egyptian human rights activists concerning the sentence passed on Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Their worry was based on the fact this judgment reflects the first implementation of the statement of the Military Commander, which bans the receiving of any money or donations...
Date of source: Friday, May 25, 2001
Friedman writes in response to the Ibrahim verdict that Egypt "is in danger of becoming a banana republic." "That is the only conclusion one can draw from the show trial that ended this week, in which Saad Eddin Ibrahim, an Egyptian democracy scholar who also holds a U.S. passport, was sentenced to...