Date of source: Friday, August 11, 2000
In this article, the author explains the reasons behind the decision of the court in the case of the writer, Salah Eddin Mohsen, whose articles are provocative to Islam. He is of the opinion that the sentence was based on general principles and Shari’a [Islamic law].
Date of source: Wednesday, July 26, 2000
The family visited Dr. Ibrahim in prison and wrote that he appears to be doing very well both health wise and mentally.
In a second letter the family wrote that the Egyptian State Security Police Prosecutor (ESSPP) extended Dr. Saadeddin Ibrahim’s detention for another 15 days without bringing...
Date of source: Friday, July 28, 2000
The Court of State Security Misdemeanor in Giza, explained, yesterday, the reasons behind its sentence in the case of the writer Salah El-Din Mohsen. Mohsen is accused of exploiting religion in his writings in order to promote extremist ideas aiming to mislead society. The court sentenced the...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 19, 2000
The Supreme Court of State Security Misdemeanor listened, yesterday, to the five-hour plea of the defense lawyer, in the case of sheikha Manal and her 15 followers. In his plea, the defense lawyer asked the court to set the accused free.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2000
The Supreme Court of State Security will start tomorrow the trail of Sheikha Manal, who claims prophecy, and her followers. They are accused of disdaining Islam, promoting ideas that deform its picture, trying to cause conflict within society and holding meetings to study the ideas of their group.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 1, 2000
The Cairo Emergency Court decided yesterday to reject the court case to ban the book "My Father Adam" written by Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin. The court said that there was no direct and personal benefit for the plaintiff.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Yesterday, The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights [EOHR] expressed its disappointment at the decision issued by the State Security Prosecutor to refer Hafez Abu-Saeda, Secretary General of the organization, to the Supreme State Security Court (emergency) to be tried for breaching article No. 1...
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2000
Counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the Attorney General, issued yesterday a decision to refer Hafez Abu-Seada, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights [the EOHR] to the High Court of State Security for trial. Abu-Seada was accused of receiving a US$ 25,000 check from the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 1999
Egyptian security forces arrested and detained three suspected members of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement on August 28, bringing the total number of suspected brothers rounded up in raids across the country in August alone, to nearly 30.
Date of source: Thursday, August 12, 1999 to Wednesday, August 18, 1999
Egyptians opposed to the trial of civilians by the military celebrated when Egypt’s Higher Administrative Court (HAC) invalidated the practice on August 8. The ruling specifically targeted a 1986 presidential decree which referred some 77 Islamic militants suspected of conspiring to blow up video...