Appeal to Egyptian President [Archives:2000/28/Local News]

The Forum For Civil Society has sent a letter to Egyptian President appealing him to intervene to release Dr. Sa’adaddin Ibrahim, director of Ibn Khaldoon Center for Development. . “We have been worried about the acts taken against Dr. Sa’ad who is expected to be brought before the court of the State security,” the letter said. The letter continued that the emergency law in Egypt does not entitle anyone to challenge that court’s verdicts even at higher courts. This situation does not grant him enough judiciary guarantees to have a fair trial since the law does not allow him that.
“The Forum thinks that the case of Dr. Sa’ad is being pushed to a direction where he can not take advantage of his legal rights to get a fair prosecution, “the letter concluded.

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