Saad Eddin Ibrahim returns to Cairo


For Al-Shorfa.com
2010-08-04


Human rights and civil society activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim returned to Cairo after three years of exile in the United States, Al-Arabiya reported on Tuesday (August 3rd).

Ibrahim served three years of a seven-year prison term in Egypt for his writing and activism. His sentence drew harsh international criticism.

Ibrahim is a prominent academic and his Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies works to promote political participation and democracy.

In 2008, Ibrahim was convicted by an Egyptian court of the crime of "defaming Egypt."

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