The International Journal
of Not-for-Profit Law
Volume 4, Issue 2-3, March 2002
A publication of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Articles
Charity Law and Alienation in Northern Ireland: The Findings of a Research Project and the Resonance Between Events in New York and Belfast
By Kerry J. O'Halloran
Freedom of Association in a Nigerian Community - Old Usages, New Rules
By Emeka Iheme
Liability of Not-for-Profit Organizations and Insurance Coverage for Related Liability
By Jerold Oshinsky and Gheiza M. Dias
El Proceso de Reforma del Heptaedro Legal del Tercer Sector
By Antonio L. Itriago Machado y Miguel Angel Itriago Machado
Reviews
American Foundations: An Investigative History
By Mark Dowie
Reviewed by Robert O. Bothwell
Case Notes
Central and Eastern Europe:
Poland
North America:
Canada
European Court of Human Rights:
Stankov and the United Macedonian Organization Ilinden v. Bulgaria (European Court of Human Rights: October 2001)
Country Reports
Asia Pacific:
China | Japan | Vietnam
Central and Eastern Europe:
Regional | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia | Poland | Slovakia | Republic of Srpska
Latin America and the Caribbean:
Regional | Brazil | Nicaragua | Venezuela
Middle East and North Africa:
Egypt
Newly Independent States:
Armenia | Moldova | Tajikistan
North America:
Canada
South Asia:
India
Western Europe:
Regional | Austria | France
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Country Reports: Middle East and North Africa
Egypt
Update on the Saad Ibrahim Case
The retrial of US-Egyptian academic Saadeddin Ibrahim and 27 co-defendants began on April 27. Ibrahim and his co-defendants face the same charges as were filed against them when their first trial began in late 2000, including spreading "false" reports about electoral fraud and religious persecution in Egypt and receiving unauthorized funding from the European Union. There is great unease about the fact that Dr. Ibrahim is being retried and much press coverage in the Egyptian and US press about the new trial.
The 28 defendants were convicted in May 2001 on the charges listed above. Ibrahim was sentenced to seven years in prison, another two of the accused were sentenced to five years, and four others to two years. The remaining defendants were given one-year suspended sentences.
On February 6 of this year Egypt's top appellate court overturned the convictions and ordered that the defendants, who were subsequently freed, be retried. The appellate court's explanation for granting the appeal, published this month in Arabic but not available in translation, stated that the original court had failed to properly examine and evaluate prosecution evidence and defense arguments.
The sentencing of the 63-year old Ibrahim, a sociology professor at the American University of Cairo, sparked statements of protest and concern from the EU and the US State Department, as well as local and foreign human rights groups.