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10 May 2015

Egyptian Court Upholds Mubarak Verdict

An Egyptian court on Saturday reconfirmed a corruption conviction of former President Hosni Mubarak amid signals from the authorities that he may soon be released. If confirmed, Mr. Mubarak s release would be the latest erosion of the charges, convictions and sentences that the authorities had hurled against him after the 2011 uprising.
An Egyptian court on Saturday reconfirmed a corruption conviction of former President Hosni Mubarak amid signals from...
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22 Jan 2015

Egypt orders release of Mubarak Sons

An Egyptian court has ordered the release of the sons of ousted President Hosni Mubarak pending their retrial in a corruption case, their lawyer told the Reuters news agency. Farid el-Deeb said on Thursday this meant that Alaa and Gamal Mubarak should be released because they were not being tried in any other cases.
An Egyptian court has ordered the release of the sons of ousted President Hosni Mubarak pending their retrial in a...
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30 May 2014

Divided Egypt disputes strength of Sisi’s mandate

Everyone knew Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Egypt's former army chief, would win the country's presidential election this week. The question was how many Egyptians would turn out to validate his coronation. Preliminary results suggest over 46% of the electorate took part, the vast majority of them voting for the former field marshal. Predictably, the ensuing debate has revolved around two questions. Is the turnout figure believable? And if it is, how much legitimacy does it grant Sisi?
Everyone knew Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Egypt's former army chief, would win the country's presidential election this week....
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28 May 2014

Egyptian election extension harms vote’s credibility, says poll observer

The decision to extend Egypt's presidential runoff into a third day has seriously harmed the credibility of the poll, one of the election's main international observers has claimed. The election was scheduled to end on Tuesday night but officials extended it by 24 hours amid concerns about a lower-than-expected turnout.
The decision to extend Egypt's presidential runoff into a third day has seriously harmed the credibility of the poll,...
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28 May 2014

Egyptian Presidential Challenger Withdraws Monitors

The lone challenger in Egypt's presidential election withdrew all his monitors from the polls early Wednesday, complaining that many were arrested or assaulted by the police for attempting to keep an eye on the ballots. Then, after two days of growing alarm about the conspicuous absence of voters, the flagship state newspaper abruptly shifted to reporting "heavy turnout" in its banner headline even as private newspapers continued to report the opposite. The state searches for a vote, declared Al Masry Al Youm. "The ballot boxes searching for voters," declared Al Shorouk.
The lone challenger in Egypt's presidential election withdrew all his monitors from the polls early Wednesday,...
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21 May 2014

Egyptian Court Convicts Mubarak of Embezzlement

A criminal court here convicted former President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday of diverting millions of dollars in public money for his personal use in a case that rights advocates say could also now implicate the current prime minister and spy chief in a cover-up. The court sentenced Mr. Mubarak, 86 and living under house arrest in a military hospital overlooking the Nile, to three years in prison. His sons Gamal and Alaa were each sentenced to four years for their role in the scheme. The court ordered the three to pay penalties and make repayments totaling more than $20 million.
A criminal court here convicted former President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday of diverting millions of dollars in public...
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27 May 2012

Former Mubarak aide jailed for corruption

A Cairo criminal court has sentenced former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's chief of staff to seven years in jail on corruption charges, Egypt's official news agency reports. The court on Sunday also ordered Zakaria Azmi to pay a fine of 38 million Egyptian pounds (about $6.2m). Azmi was jailed last year and put on trial in October, charged with illegal acquisition of funds.
A Cairo criminal court has sentenced former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's chief of staff to seven years in jail on...
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16 Sep 2011

Egypt Sentences Mubarak-Era Tycoon, Ahmed Ezz, to Prison

An Egyptian criminal court sentenced the steel tycoon and former political power broker Ahmed Ezz to 10 years in prison and fined him the equivalent of about $11 million for corruption on Thursday, satisfying one of the most visceral demands of the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced the steel tycoon and former political power broker Ahmed Ezz to 10 years in prison...
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5 May 2011

Egypt ex-minister Habib al-Adly jailed for 12 years

Egyptian former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly has been sentenced to 12 years in jail on charges of money-laundering and profiteering. As head of the country's security services, Adly was a key part of ex-President Hosni Mubarak's regime.
Egyptian former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly has been sentenced to 12 years in jail on charges of money-laundering...
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3 May 2011

Switzerland says ‘illegal assets’ found

Switzerland claims it has found $416 million of potentially illegal assets linked to Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's leader, and his circle. Separately, about $473m traced to Hosni Mubarak, the deposed Egyptian president, and $69mn linked to Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the ousted Tunisian president, have also been identified, Lars Knuchel, a Swiss foreign ministry spokesman, said on Monday.
Switzerland claims it has found $416 million of potentially illegal assets linked to Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's leader,...
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23 Apr 2011

Mubarak Faces Questions on Israel Gas Deal

Persistent public suspicions about corruption and mismanagement that swirl around Egypt s secretive deal to sell natural gas to Israel prompted Egypt s public prosecutor on Friday to extend the questioning of former President Hosni Mubarak for 15 days, judicial officials said.
Persistent public suspicions about corruption and mismanagement that swirl around Egypt s secretive deal to sell natural...
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23 Apr 2011

Egypt prosecutors extend Mubarak detention

Egypt's state prosecutor has renewed the detention of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak for another 15 days amid a probe into a deadly crackdown on protesters and corruption. "The state prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmud decided to renew the detention of ex-president Hosni Mubarak for 15 days for questioning... effective when his last detention period expires," the MENA news agency reported on Friday.
Egypt's state prosecutor has renewed the detention of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak for another 15 days amid a probe into...
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10 Apr 2011

Egypt’s prosecutor summons Mubarak

Egypt's public prosecutor has summoned Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, and his sons as part of investigations into the killing of protesters and the alleged embezzlement of public funds.
Egypt's public prosecutor has summoned Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, and his sons as part of...
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10 Apr 2011

Hosni Mubarak to be quizzed over deaths

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been summoned by the state prosecutor for questioning over alleged corruption and killings of protesters. The announcement came shortly after Mr Mubarak made his first statement since he was ousted two months ago, denying accusations of corruption.
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been summoned by the state prosecutor for questioning over alleged...
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6 Apr 2011

The Mubarak Screw Up and the Suleiman Danger

The groups that have been robbing Egypt for the past thirty years represent a circle much broader than their fearless leader Hosni Mubarak. They include a certain section of the very rich in Egypt, high ranking army officers, senior NDP functionaries, the U.S. and European imperialists, and while space does not permit a complete listing of all the beneficiaries of the Mubarak regime, I would be remiss if I didn't point out that the Zionists have long been singing "What a friend we have in Cairo."
The groups that have been robbing Egypt for the past thirty years represent a circle much broader than their fearless...
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5 Apr 2011

Mubarak accused of illegal trading

Egypt's anti-corruption body yesterday issued a decision to freeze the assets of a number of former Mubarak officials, including the former speaker of the lower house of parliament Fathi Sarour, the former speaker of the upper house of parliament Safwat el-Sherif, the former Mubarak chief of staff Dr. Zakaria Azmi, and former housing minister Mohamed Ibrahim Suleiman. Egypt's official news agency MENA also reported that the asset freeze applied to their wives and children.
Egypt's anti-corruption body yesterday issued a decision to freeze the assets of a number of former Mubarak officials,...
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17 Feb 2011

Egypt’s Military Discourages Economic Change

The Egyptian military defends the country, but it also runs day care centers and beach resorts. Its divisions make television sets, jeeps, washing machines, wooden furniture and olive oil, as well as bottled water under a brand reportedly named after a general s daughter, Safi.
The Egyptian military defends the country, but it also runs day care centers and beach resorts. Its divisions make...
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16 Feb 2011

Egyptians defy call to end strikes

Emboldened by the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak last week, Egyptians have been airing grievances over issues ranging from low wages to police brutality and corruption. Workers in banking, transport, oil, tourism, textiles, state-owned media and government bodies are striking to demand higher wages and better conditions, said Kamal Abbas of the Centre for Trade Union and Workers' Services.
Emboldened by the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak last week, Egyptians have been airing grievances over issues...
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7 Feb 2011

Egyptian voices reflect diversity

Mohammed idolises Gamal Abdel Nasser, the socialist and nationalist hero of modern Egyptian politics, but elsewhere on the rooftop we find Sohail, the son of a wealthy businessman who professes no religious ideology but admires the Muslim Brotherhood s organisational skills.
Mohammed idolises Gamal Abdel Nasser, the socialist and nationalist hero of modern Egyptian politics, but elsewhere on...
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7 Feb 2011

Resentment Finds a Target In Ahmed Ezz

As Egyptians turned their anger on symbols of the state late last month, torching police stations along with the headquarters of President Hosni Mubarak s ruling party, they reserved a special hatred for a garish building with black tinted windows in an upscale neighborhood, setting fire to it three times.
As Egyptians turned their anger on symbols of the state late last month, torching police stations along with the...
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5 Feb 2011

Mubarak’s phantom presidency

Western commentators, whether liberal, left or conservative, tend to see all forces of coercion in non-democratic states as the hammers of "dictatorship" or as expressions of the will of an authoritarian leader. But each police, military and security institution has its own history, culture, class-allegiances, and, often its own autonomous sources of revenue and support as well
Western commentators, whether liberal, left or conservative, tend to see all forces of coercion in non-democratic states...
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5 Feb 2011

We the Egyptian People

Egypt s not alone in seeing the gulf between its wealthy and the rest widen; that s a global trend. But in a country of 83 million where almost 30 percent of the population is still illiterate, and the big bucks have often depended on an entr e to Mubarak s son, Gamal, or his circle, the pattern has been particularly inflammatory.
Egypt s not alone in seeing the gulf between its wealthy and the rest widen; that s a global trend. But in a country of...
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5 Feb 2011

Freedom makes you giddy

Hosni Mubarak s decision to replace his cabinet and appoint a vice-president (Omar Suleiman, 74, head of army intelligence), something he had refused to do since he became president in 1981, had no effect on the hundreds of thousands of Egyptian demonstrators who want him to relinquish all power. His vague calls for dialogue with the opposition, and for economic and social reforms, were also ineffectual. The tension on Egypt s streets did not abate.
Hosni Mubarak s decision to replace his cabinet and appoint a vice-president (Omar Suleiman, 74, head of army...
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