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Report on the Case of Dr. Saad Eddin Mohamed Ibrahim, Imprisoned Sociologist, Cairo, Egypt (2001) / Chapter Skim
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... considers to be fallacious, included accepting foreign funds without authorization, disseminating false information harmful to Egypt's interest, bribing public employees, forgery, and embezzlement. The European Union, whose funds the court has claimed were embezzled, has publicly stated that no misuse of their funds has been found.
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... Additionally, in the course of his detention and subsequent hearings, serious questions arose as to whether Dr. Ibrahim's right to fi eedom from arbitrary arrest under Article 9, his right to afair public hearing under Article 10, and his right to be considered innocent until proven guilty under Article ~ ~ were being accorded to him by the Egyptian authorities.
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... Ibrahim to travel to Paris in early May to speak at a semi-public symposium, Human Rights and! the Scientific Community, during the fifth biennial meeting of the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies.
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... They were ad taken to state security headquarters in another part of the city and heldt in incommunicado overnight. Throughout her talk aIld during the question and answer penod, Barbara Ibrahim consistently expressed faith in Egypt's judicial system and confidence that her husband would be exonerated.
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... The purpose of the mission was to: open lines of communication with relevant high level Egyptian government officials regarding Dr. Ibrahim's case -- - meet with relevant and appropriate Egyptians, including representatives of human rights organizations, and with Dr.
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