From the Daily Star Egypt…

Egypt’s prosecutor general has set the dates for four lawsuits against prominent Egyptian-American rights activists Saad Eddin Ibrahim on charges of harming Egypt’s economy by calling for cuts in US aid, a judicial official said Thursday.
The private law suits have all been filed by politicians and lawyers with links to the government in what observers says is a new way for the government to intimidate its opponents.
Several newspaper editors received jail sentences over last month, after private individuals sued them for insulting the government.
The suits, which each carry a potential prison sentence of three years, allege that Ibrahim ‘’spread false news and harmed Egypt’s interests and the national economy by giving interviews to the Al-Jazeera network and a number of foreign magazines in which he called for cuts in US aid,” the official said, on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
The cases, three of which were brought by leaders of token political parties, will be heard in court on Nov. 8, 18, 20 and Dec. 1. Ibrahim is currently outside the country.

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