Showing posts with label Hosni Mubarak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hosni Mubarak. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Egypt: Ex-President Hosni Mubarak to Be Freed
Friday, March 03, 2017
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Ägypten: Mubarak zu drei Jahren Haft verurteilt
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Kairo. Ein Strafgericht in Kairo hat am Mittwoch Hosni Mubarak zu drei Jahren Haft verurteilt. Der Richter befand den ägyptischen Ex-Machthaber, der im Februar 2011 durch sein Volk zum Rücktritt gezwungen worden war, schuldig, für den Ausbau seiner privaten Residenzen seit 2002 öffentliche Mittel in Höhe von 12,5 Millionen Euro veruntreut zu haben. Mubaraks mitangeklagte Söhne Alaa und Gamal erhielten vier Jahre. Die Verurteilten müssen den gesamten Schaden ersetzen und eine Geldstrafe von 2,2 Millionen Euro zahlen. » | Die Presse | Mittwoch, 21. Mai 2014
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Inside Story: Egypt: A Return to the Old Régime?
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak Released from Prison
Revolution Reversed: Egypt Winds Back Clock as Mubarak to Be Freed
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Hosni Mubarak to Be Released from Prison
The ruling means that Mr Mubarak could leave prison as early as Thursday.
Leaving the Cairo prison where the court convened, Fareed El-Deeb, his lawyer, said: "The court decided to release him." Asked when, he said: "Maybe tomorrow".
Mr Mubarak, 85, is being retried on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his downfall. However, he has already served out the maximum amount of pretrial detention permitted in that case.
He was sentenced to life in prison last year for failing to prevent the killing of demonstrators. But a court accepted his appeal earlier this year and ordered a retrial.
Given his age he is thought unlikely to return to a political role. But the prospect of the former dictator being at liberty once more is likely to spark fresh street disturbances across Egypt, where hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to demand that he step down in January 2011. » | Harriet Alexander, and Colin Freeman | Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
Ex-Präsident Mubarak steht angeblich vor Freilassung
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Kairos neue Militärherrscher sind schlimmer als Mubarak
An Zynismus ist das schwer zu überbieten: Da töten die ägyptischen Sicherheitskräfte hunderte Anhänger der Muslimbruderschaft, und ein führendes Mitglied der Übergangsregierung – zivile Marionette der Militärherrscher – lobt die „Zurückhaltung“ bei der „Räumung“ der Protest-Camps. Das ist freilich nicht nur zynisch, sondern auch eine wohlkalkulierte Drohung an die Adresse der Islamisten: Glaubt bloß nicht, dass das Blutbad vom Mittwoch alles war, wozu wir fähig und willens sind. Bei den Muslimbrüdern wird man das schon richtig verstanden haben. Und wie ihre gewaltsamen Reaktionen zeigten, waren sie nicht bereit, auch noch die andere Wange hinzuhalten.
Es war ein Massaker mit Ansage: Zuerst holte sich Armeechef Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ein „Mandat“ der Straße, um gegen die Sit-ins vorzugehen, mit denen die Islamisten gegen den Sturz ihres Präsidenten Mohammed Mursi protestierten. Einige Tage spiegelte al-Sisi Kompromissbereitschaft vor, empfing westliche Politiker, nur um deren Vermittlung bald für „gescheitert“ zu erklären. Von da an war die Frage nicht mehr, ob die Sicherheitskräfte zuschlagen würden, sondern nur mehr, wann und wie brutal. Das Ausmaß – noch am Donnerstag stiegen die Opferzahlen stündlich – hat die schlimmsten Befürchtungen übertroffen. » | Helmar Dumbs | Die Presse | Freitag, 16. August 2013 (Print-Ausgabe)
Monday, January 14, 2013
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
BBC: Reports from Cairo say former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is critically ill and may be close to death.Some media reports say he is clinically dead, with Nile TV saying attempts are continuing to revive him.
The 84-year-old is said to have had a stroke, and was moved from prison to life support in an army hospital.
Mubarak was removed in last year's uprising, and jailed for life earlier this month for his role in the death of protesters before his removal. » | Wednesday, June 10, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
THE INDEPENDENT: When mass protests toppled Hosni Mubarak in February last year, Cairo's Tahrir Square swiftly became the emblem of the hopes of the Arab Spring. Sixteen months on, however – with the constitution still not written and soldiers guarding the doors of the parliament – the outlook for the Egyptian revolution is far from certain.
There were always going to be hiccups. After six decades of military rule, three of them under Mr Mubarak, dismantling the old power structures – the so-called "deep state" – could hardly be expected to run entirely smoothly. But all the signs suggest that the ruling military council is tightening its grip on power just as the time to relinquish it is approaching.
It is true that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has restated its commitment to hand control to the new President at the end of this month as planned. But on Sunday night, a bare few hours after the polls closed, the council issued a constitutional declaration granting itself both sweeping legislative and budgetary oversight and also, crucially, the final say over who will draft the constitution that will set out the President's powers. » | Leading Article | Tuesday, June 19, 2012
THE INDEPENDENT: Mubarak's 300,000-strong army of thugs remains in business despite elections – The Long View: The military has played a shrewd game – insisting Mubarak go on trial while realigning supporters to preserve their privileges » | Roberts Fisk | Monday, June 18, 2012
Saturday, June 02, 2012
THE GUARDIAN: Egyptians react with dismay as former president is convicted on lesser charge and given sentence 'wide open' to appeal
Egypt's stuttering revolution has taken a dramatic new turn after Hosni Mubarak, the country's all-powerful dictator for 30 years, was sentenced to life imprisonment for enabling the massacre of protesters who rose up against his rule.
But initial euphoria at the historic verdict – the first time an Arab leader has ever been deposed, tried and convicted by his own people – quickly gave way to confusion and then fury on the streets as full details of the court judgement emerged.
Watched by tens of millions on live television, the judge, Ahmed Refaat, declared that neither Mubarak nor any other defendants in the so-called "trial of the century" were responsible for ordering the lethal assault by security forces last January and February that left almost a thousand demonstrators dead, and that the toppled autocrat and his former interior minister Habib al-Adly were guilty only of not using their high political office to put a stop to the bloodshed.
All other charges, which included profiteering and economic fraud, were dismissed, allowing key members of Mubarak's family and security apparatus – including his two sons Gamal and Alaa and several top security officials – to walk free. Legal experts claimed the ruling left Mubarak's life sentence "wide open" to appeal, and political analysts said the outcome was a victory for the deep state and a sign of the old regime reasserting its grip over the country.
"The verdict shows that they are quite willing to cut off the heads of the regime and throw them to the dogs in an effort to preserve the rest," argued Issandr el-Amrani, a columnist on Egyptian affairs who blogs as the Arabist. » | Jack Shenker and Abdel-Rahman Hussein in Cairo | Saturday, June 02, 2012
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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak has been found guilty of complicity in the death of protesters.
The deposed Egyptian president was wheeled into court on Saturday to hear the verdict in the case against him on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters last year.
His two sons, Gamal and Alaa, who stood trial on corruption charges, also arrived in the court, where they stood alongside their father in the cage reserved for defendants.
The charges were dropped against both his sons – although they both face new charges, brought this week, so will not be released.
Mubarak's former interior minister, Habib el-Adli, also charged over the deaths of protesters, was also among the defendants in the cage. He too was given a life sentence over his role in suppressing the January uprising.
Scuffles broke out inside the courtroom as presiding judge Ahmed Refaat handed down the sentences. » | Nick Meo, Cairo | Saturday, June 02, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Relatives of the “martyrs of Tahrir Square” told The Daily Telegraph they did not believe the former president’s trial was fair and said they would reject a lenient sentence.
“I was happy when Mubarak was first put on trial, but now I don’t have any trust,” Ali Hassan, 50, whose son Mohab, a 20-year-old computer science student at one of Egypt’s leading universities, was shot dead by police.
“Now I have no doubt that he will get a light sentence or nothing.”
He and other relatives warned there would be trouble outside the special courtroom set up in the Cairo police academy – once named after the defendant – when the verdict was given.
That could easily spread to Tahrir Square, particularly as activists are already calling for demonstrations.
The army is preparing for trouble in what will be the first test of the end of Egypt's state of emergency, which has been in place since 1981 but expired with little notice on Thursday. » | Richard Spencer, Cairo | Thursday, May 31, 2012
Thursday, January 05, 2012
BBC: Prosecutors at the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have demanded he be given the death penalty.
Mr Mubarak is being tried in Cairo on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during unrest which led to his overthrow in February.
"The law foresees the death penalty for premeditated murder," prosecutor Mustafa Khater said, AFP reports.
The demand also applies for former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly and six other former security chiefs.
Mr Mubarak's two sons, one-time heir apparent Gamal and Alaa, face corruption charges in the same trial.
"How could the president of the republic not be aware of the demonstrations that broke out on January 25th?", chief prosecutor Mustafa Suleiman asked, according to AFP.
Mr Suleiman went on to argue that the then interior minister Habib el-Adly, who is also on trial, could "not have given the order to fire on demonstrators without having been instructed to do so by Mubarak." » | Thursday, January 05, 2012
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
The ailing 83-year-old former strongman, who was wheeled into court on a stretcher, is accused of involvement in the deaths of protesters during the uprising that overthrew him in February.
His former interior minister Habib al-Adly and six security chiefs were also in the dock, as were his two sons Alaa and Gamal who are being tried on corruption charges.
Mubarak was "a tyrannical leader who sought to hand power to his younger son Gamal, who spread corruption in the country and opened the door to his friends and relatives, ruining the country without any accountability," said prosecutor Mustafa Suleiman.
Judge Ahmed Refaat heard from the prosecution for an hour before adjourning the hearing to Wednesday. » | Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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