Report on the Case of Dr. Saad Eddin Mohamed Ibrahim, Imprisoned Sociologist, Cairo, Egypt (2001) / Chapter Skim
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The CHR's Mission to Cairo
The CHR's Mission to Cairo
Pages 6-17
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Saad Eddin Ibrahim and two of his co-workers at the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies (ICDS) were detained and interrogated by the Egyptian State Security Police in Cairo.
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In fact, sensational accounts and most speculative accusations disappeared for some time from the Dont pages and editorials, particularly in the government controlled media. Knowledgeable observers believe that the apparent smear campaign was abruptly abandoned in response to international expressions of concern and protest.
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In the days immediately following his university lecture, the inflammatory press attacks were renewed. On September 24, the Egyptian government formally charged Dr.
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Opposition political parties are permitted; however, political organization in the civil society is subject to government oversight and, at times, repressive~vert and covert government actions. According to the Middle East Times, "On paper it seems as if the Egyptian political system is a multiparty democracy.
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Although State Security Courts are seen to be less draconian than the military courts, they have fewer procedural safeguards than the ordinary civil courts and are vulnerable to pressure from the security forces. Professor Ibrahim and his colleagues from the Ibn Khaldun Center are being tried in a State Security Court.
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At least ~ 50 persons were estimated to be present students and fellow faculty members from the American University in Cairo, Blends of the defendants from the human rights community in Egypt and abroad, foreign diplomats from the United States and from countries of the European Union, and members of the Arab and Egyptian press. After a four hour preliminary hearing, a delay of further proceedings was granted until January at the request of the defense to give them the time needed to prepare their case more adequately.
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are to the natural and medical sciences." Among the prestigious character vv~b~esses were a law professor who is a former minister of information and a current board member of ICDS, the former president of He~wan University and {CDS board member, a (retired) major general from He army and ICDS 2 The League of Egyptian Women Voters was closed by the Security Police at the same time as the ICDS.
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Subsequently, when the defense requested access to the official court records of the prosecution's oral arguments, the judges ruled without explanation and contrary to precedent, that the court records could be viewed only at the courthouse and that they could neither be photocopied nor removed from the building. Egyptian trials, except those related to state terrorism, are open to the public.
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It is a shame that the name of the 8th century Arab social scientist [Ibn Khaldun] is now being bandied about in Egyptian courtrooms and used as a font for nefarious purposes.
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In the one instance where the prosecution claimed to have concrete evidenc~the forging of voting cards found by the security police in Dr. Ibrahim's house the defense argued that they were planted by an employee of HODA who had requested permission to 3 Cairo Times, Vol.
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She stated that even after a verdict is rendered the defendants would have right of appeal on both procedural grounds arid on the basis of evidence presented by the prosecution. Other knowledgeable sources with whom the CHR's delegates spoke told them that she was misinformed, and that any case before the State Security Court may be appealed ~ on procedural grounds.
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The ICDS and a parallel organization, the League of Egyptian Women Voters, were closed by the state security police at the time of the arrests and remain closed to board members and staff. It is uncertain whether, or when, they will be permitted to reopen and how severely longer-term operations could be curtailed.
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