Date of source: Sunday, December 29, 2002
The Court of Cassation stressed that the verdict issued by State Security court against Saad Eddin Ibrahim is corrupted with contradicting charges. That is why it has overturned the verdict and ordered a retrial.
Date of source: Thursday, December 26, 2002
The Court of Cassation will hear a retrial of Saad Eddin Ibrahim on February 4 after it overturned the seven-year imprisonment sentence issued against him by the State Security Court twice.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 17, 2002
Montasser Al-Zayyat, the de-facto lawyer of the Gama´at al-Islamiya, voiced the opinion of Islamists for the first time on the case of Saad Eddin Ibrahim, in the TV program "Al-Hadath" [the event], broadcast by the LBC satellite channel.
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: Friday, November 15, 2002
Biting editorial against Egypt for broadcasting "Horseman Without a Horse," for its alleged anti-semetic content. The Washington Post asks the US Congress to act, of course how else than through sanctions. The Copts Daily Digest placed this article in their e-publication. It seems to be tradition...
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.