Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2000
No formal notification of the indictments or the court date has been sent to any of the defendants in the Case of Saad Eddin Ibrahim. However, persistent inquiry has confirmed that the case is indeed on the court docket for November 18th, 2000. A number of international organizations, including...
Date of source: Saturday, November 11, 2000
Nine organizations issued a joint statement expressing their fear that the trial of human rights defender Saad Eddin Ibrahim and 27 others before a Supreme State Security Court might not meet international fair trial standards. The trial is scheduled to open on 18 November 2000. The statement was...
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2000
The Egyptian government is accused of preventing the Muslim Brotherhood from taking part in the parliamentary elections and gagging the local Egyptian public. But put those accusations aside and you see that in fact all indications show that the government is serious about not mixing religion with...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 6, 2000
This article gives an overview of the Egyptian/Arab Press, including English language media, about Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim and the Ibn Khaldoun Institute.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2000
It was our obligation to hear Dr. Saad’s side of the story, in which he affirms emphatically that there were no political grounds or in fact real reasons for his arrest. Furthermore, he states that the accusations made against him are baseless and that his release on bail is due to the fact that...
Date of source: Monday, April 17, 2000 to Sunday, April 23, 2000
[in reaction to an article of Al Usboa about The Egyptian Organization For Human Rights] The secretary general of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights defended his decisions and actions after the article, which was published 2 weeks ago in Al-Usboa, about "irregularities inside the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
The defense of the Brotherhood surprised everyone today by calling Milad Hanna, the Coptic thinker, as a defense witness before the court marshal looking into the case of the 20 Brotherhood "syndicate members."
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 1999
A commemorative celebration was held for the national revolutionary father Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed (a member of the Commission), in which a number of political, intellectual and religious leaders participated in appreciation and gratitude for the prominent role he played and the support he provided...
Date of source: Sunday, August 29, 1999
Hulsman asked three Evangelical pastors in Egypt to comment on the two Rose el-Yousef articles. These pastors are certainly not happy with the publications in Rose el-Yousef. Their criticism, however, focuses on the tensions between churches in Egypt and para-Christian organizations, the...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 1999 to Wednesday, June 9, 1999
Despite parliament’s approval, many NGOs believe that this is no reason to stop the campaign against a law which, they argue, infringes upon their autonomy. The law, many NGOs assert, gives the government extensive control over the establishment and liquidation of organizations, and widens the...