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January 2002

Vol. 14, No. 1(E)

EGYPT
THE STATE OF EGYPT VS. FREE EXPRESSION:
The Ibn Khaldun Trial

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II. Recommendations

To the Government of Egypt

To the European Union and Member States

To the United States

III. Introduction

IV. The State of Emergency and the Supreme State Security Court

V. Events Leading up to the Trial

VI. The Substance of the Charges against the Defendants, the Verdict, and Judgment

Conspiring to bribe public officials to undermine the performance of their duties

Receiving donations without prior permission from the competent authorities

Deliberately disseminating false information abroad about the internal situation

in Egypt and thereby undermining the stature of the state

Using deceptive means to defraud E.U. funds made available to the Ibn Khaldun Center and the Hoda Association

Accepting and offering bribes, and the forgery and use of official documents

VII. Human Rights Watch's Concerns

Pre-Trial Irregularities

Trial Irregularities

Names of Defendants and Sentences Passed

IX. Acknowledgments

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