Mubarak Suffering from Cancer, Defence Lawyer Confirms

THE GUARDIAN: New medical report cited before August trial shows ex-Egyptian president has tumours in the gall bladder and pancreas

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak has cancer, his defence lawyer has said , citing a medical report to assess whether the former leader is fit to face trial. "Mubarak has cancer and this was included in the last medical report," said lawyer Farid el-Deeb. Mubarak, 83, was forced from office in February during Egypt's uprising.

He is due to stand trial on 3 August over the killing of protesters and abuse of power, charges he denies. He has been detained in hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh since mid-April after officials claimed he had heart problems during initial questioning. » | Reuters | Monday, June 20, 2011

Ägypten: Mubarak soll am 3. August vor Gericht gestellt werden

FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE: Der frühere ägyptische Staatspräsident Husni Mubarak und seine beiden Söhne sollen am 3. August vor Gericht gestellt werden. Dies teilte die staatliche Nachrichtenagentur Mena am Mittwoch mit.

Der Prozess gegen den früheren ägyptischen Staatspräsidenten Husni Mubarak und seine beiden Söhne beginnt am 3. August. Die amtliche Nachrichtenagentur Mena berichtete am Mittwoch unter Berufung auf Justizkreise, Mubarak werde sich wegen Korruption und des Mordes an Demonstranten während des 18 Tage dauernden Aufstands verantworten müssen, der schließlich zu seinem Sturz am 11. Februar führte. » | FAZ.NET mit dapd/dpa | Mittwoch, 01. Juni 2011

Egypt's Mubarak Unfit for Prison Move: Prosecutor

REUTERS: Egypt's public prosecutor said on Tuesday that ousted President Hosni Mubarak was in no condition to be transferred to a prison hospital and would remain in a health facility in a Red Sea resort for the time being.

Mubarak, overthrown on February 11 after a popular uprising, has been detained since mid-April in a hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, rather than in a prison medical center, after it was reported that he suffered heart problems during initial questioning.

A medical team determined that Mubarak should not be transferred "outside of Sharm el-Sheikh hospital at the current time and to hire a specialized medical team to oversee his treatment," the prosecutor said in a statement.

"The committee examined the patient in his intensive care room and found that he is clearly frail and depressed and cannot leave the bed without assistance," it said.

It added that the Torah prison hospital on Cairo's outskirts was "unsuitable for a patient in a critical condition." » | Reporting by Dina Zayed; editing by Michael Roddy | CAIRO | Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Hosni Mubarak Fined £20 Million for Shutting Down Internet

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: An Egyptian court has fined ousted President Hosni Mubarak and two former officials 540 million Egyptian pounds (£55 million) for cutting off mobile and internet services during January protests.

The administrative court fined Mr Mubarak £20 million; former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif £4 million, and former interior minister Habib al-Adly £30 million for their damage to the national economy, a court source said.

This was the first court ruling to be made against Mr Mubarak since he was ousted on February 11. » | Saturday, May 28, 2011

Egypt's Mubarak to Stand Trial
Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's ousted president, is to stand trial along with his two sons over the deaths of anti-government protesters killed in the weeks-long security crackdown that preceded his departure from office.

More than 800 people were killed in the protests that eventually led to Mubarak being forced to step down from the presidency.

Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin reports from the capital, Cairo.

Mubarak, Sons to Be Tried for Killings, Corruption
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were on Tuesday referred to a criminal court on suspicion of graft and ordering deadly fire against anti-government protesters, state media reported.

The official MENA news agency said the 83-year-old former strongman and his two sons Alaa and Gamal have been charged with "premeditated murder of some participants in the peaceful protests of the January 25 revolution".

"The public prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmud has decided today to refer former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons Alaa and Gamal and businessman Hussein Salem to a criminal court," the news agency reported.

They have also been charged with profiteering and using their positions for illicit gains and squandering public funds, it added.

Several of the charges extend to a fourth defendant, Hussein Salem, a businessman close to Mubarak who has been blamed for a controversial deal to supply Israel with gas at lower than usual prices. He has fled the country. » | Samer al-Atrush | Wednesday, May 25, 2011

HOUSTON CHRONICLE: Egypt's Mubarak to be tried over protester deaths: CAIRO — Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak will stand trial on charges of conspiring in the deadly shootings of protesters during the uprising that ousted him, the prosecutor-general said Tuesday, a major step in a country still rattled by protests and demands for justice. » | Sarah el-Deeb, Associated Press | Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Dépressif, Moubarak va faire appel à un psychologue
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: EGYPTE | Hospitalisé à Charm el-Cheikh, l'ancien président Hosni Moubarak, actuellement en détention préventive, serait dépressif et aurait besoin d'un suivi psychiatrique.

Le président égyptien déchu Hosni Moubarak, en détention préventive dans un hôpital, est dépressif et a besoin d’être suivi par un psychologue, a indiqué samedi une source médicale citée par l’agence officielle Mena.

L’ancien président, âgé de 83 ans, est hospitalisé à Charm el-Cheikh, sur la mer Rouge, depuis le mois dernier à la suite d’un accident cardiaque survenu durant un interrogatoire.

M. Moubarak fait l’objet d’une enquête sur l’origine de sa fortune ainsi que sur la répression du soulèvement populaire contre son régime en janvier et février, qui a fait plus de 800 morts.

Son transfert en prison dans l’attente d’un éventuel procès est conditionné à l’évolution de son état de santé. » | AFP | Samedi 21 Mai 2011

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak 'To Make Public Apology for Abuse of Power'
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, is to make a public apology for abuse of power and offer to hand back his wealth in a bid to win an amnesty from the country's new rulers, according to reports.

Mr Mubarak has offered to read a statement on state television apologising for "misconduct" arising from listening to poor advice, the Shorouk newspaper said.

Indications that this was part of a plea bargain were strengthened when the justice ministry released Mr Mubarak's wife, Suzanne, from custody, after she handed investigators power of attorney to clear out her bank account of £2 million and take possession of a house in Cairo.

Under Egyptian law, prosecutors can waive charges for financial crimes if the money involved is restored.

Mrs Mubarak, 70, joined her husband under arrest in a hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, where they have been living since he was forced from office in February, on Friday. It was feared she had suffered a heart attack after suffering chest pains during interrogation.

The report in Shorouk claimed that the attempt to forge a deal to avoid the Mubaraks being jailed was mediated by "other Arab and Gulf states". Saudi Arabia, one of Mr Mubarak's principal backers in his 30 years in power, was known to be furious that he was ousted from office. » | Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent | Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Ägypten: Mubarak will um Gnade bitten
DIE PRESSE: Der Ex-Präsident entschuldigt sich, auch im "Namen seiner Familie" und bittet um Vergebung. Seine Frau ist wieder auf freiem Fuß.

Der ägyptische Ex-Präsident Hosni Mubarak (83) will angeblich um Gnade für sich und seine Familie bitten. Außerdem sei der im Februar entmachtete Staatschef dabei, eine Audio-Botschaft aufzunehmen, die er über ägyptische und arabische Sender verbreiten lassen will. Darin bitte er die Bevölkerung für jegliches Unrecht um Verzeihung, auch im Namen seiner Familie, berichtete die Kairoer Tageszeitung "Al-Shorouk" am Dienstag.

Er entschuldige sich für Fehler. In dieser Botschaft wolle Mubarak, der fast dreißig Jahre lang Präsident von Ägypten war, an seine früheren Verdienste als Soldat erinnern. Außerdem werde er versprechen, im Falle einer Amnestie den gesamten Besitz seiner Familie dem Staat zu überschreiben und sich

Mubaraks Frau Suzanne überschrieb ihre Vermögenswerte bereits dem Staat, die Anti-Korruptionsbehörde ließ daraufhin den Haftbefehl gegen die 70-Jährige nach vier Tagen wieder aufheben. Der Wert des überschriebenen Besitzes wurde mit umgerechnet knapp 2,9 Millionen Euro angegeben. » | Ag. | Dienstag, 17. Mai 2011

Switzerland Identifies $1bn Worth of Dictators' Assets
THE GUARDIAN: Three-year freeze for Swiss bank assets of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, Egypt's Hosni Murbarak and Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

The Swiss government says it has identified potential assets to be frozen worth 830m Swiss francs (nearly $1bn or £600m) belonging to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and the ousted presidents of Egypt and Tunisia.

Swiss president and foreign minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, speaking in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, said the assets include 360m Swiss francs that may belong to Gaddafi or his entourage.

She said Switzerland had also linked 410m Swiss francs to the former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, and 60m Swiss francs to Tunisia's deposed autocrat, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Switzerland has ordered banks and other financial institutions to freeze possible assets belonging to the three men and their key supporters to prevent the funds from being secretly withdrawn. The Swiss government has said Tunisia and Egypt have already started legal proceedings to claim the assets.

The government added that neither country has yet provided the necessary evidence of possible criminal wrongdoing involving the money. » | Associated Press in Geneva | Tuesday, April 03, 2011

Minister Checks Prison's Readiness to Receive Ousted President
AL-MASRY AL-YOUM: Minister of Interior Mansour al-Essawy made a surprise visit to Tora prison's hospital Saturday night, a senior security source said.

The source told Egyptian news agency MENA that the minister checked all the hospital's departments to determine what renovations are required to prepare it for hosting Egypt's toppled president, Hosni Mubarak.

Following the investigation, Essawy convened with his assistant for the prison sector and Tora's chief to receive a detailed report on inmates' conditions.

Earlier in April, Egypt's attorney general ordered an investigation into the possibility of transferring Mubarak to the prison. » | MENA | Sunday, May 01, 2011

Hosni Mubarak 'Complicit' in Demo Killings Says Judge
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak was complicit in shootings of anti-regime protesters as he tried to face down a popular revolt, a member of an official commission said on Tuesday.

Judge Omar Marwan, the commission's secretary general, was speaking at a news conference after the release of its report's summary, which said 846 civilians died in the protests that led to Mr Mubarak's ouster in February.

Twenty-six policemen were also killed in the 18 days of unrest, the report said, adding that police used excessive force against demonstrators and shot at people trying to film the events from balconies and windows.

"What is confirmed is that Mubarak's permission (to use live fire on protesters) must be obtained. The shooting lasted for several days, and he did not hold accountable those who fired live rounds," Judge Marwan said.

"That confirms his involvement in responsibility," he said. » | Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Will Egypt's Former Ruler Mubarak Ever Face Trial?
AL–MASRY AL–YOUM: An authoritarian leader is forced to resign after protests against his corruption-tainted rule. He is charged with graft and murder, but ill health stalls his interrogation. He dies before he is put on trial.

The fate of Indonesia's President Suharto, who died 10 years after mass demonstrations swept him from power in 1998, could be a scenario the generals now ruling Egypt are considering for deposed President Hosni Mubarak, 82 and ailing, who still wields considerable clout within the army.

Yet significant delays in putting Mubarak on trial risk a return of the mass demonstrations and chaos that swept him from power on February 11 and hammered Egypt's economy, analysts say.

The protests have largely died down, but normality has yet to return to a country central to stability in the Middle East. » | Reuters | Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Mubarak Transferred to Military Hospital Near Cairo
AL-MASRY AL-YOUM*: Under heavy guard, toppled president Hosni Mubarak was transferred Saturday from Sharm el-Sheikh hospital to the International Medical Center of the Armed Forces, located near Cairo.

According to medical sources, Mubarak was flown on a military plane that landed at a military base near the hospital, along Cairo-Ismailia high road.

Military reinforcements and soldiers from the special forces were sent to guard the hospital, where he is detained pending investigation.

Mubarak had been admitted to Sharm el-Sheikh hospital after the attorney general decided to investigate him on charges of inciting the killing of protestors and gaining illicit funds. Mubarak's condition is not critical, and he is only suffering from the symptoms of aging, according to media reports. [Source: Al-Masry Al-Youm] | Staff | Saturday, April 16, 2011

AL-MASRY AL-YOUM: Disbelief and satisfaction follow Mubarak arrest » | Noha El-Hennawy |Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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The Dramatic Downfall of the Mubarak Clan
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Hosni Mubarak is in hospital with a suspected heart attack; when he gets out, he could be hanged, and his sons are currently in prison. Nick Meo charts the dramatic downfall of Egypt's former first family.

The first shock for the sons of Egypt's former president when they arrived at Cairo's notorious Tora prison, looking dazed according to witnesses, was having their mobile phones taken away.

Then guards thrust rough regulation uniforms into their soft, manicured hands, and led them away to their cells.

The nation they had lorded over for decades, and allegedly plundered on an epic scale, could hardly believe it was seeing the humiliation of Gamal and Alaa Mubarak.

Few Egyptians were more surprised than Wael Khalil, a pro-democracy activist who had been thrown into Tora prison by the regime of their father, Hosni Mubarak.

"Their arrest is a symbol of the triumph of the revolution and the undoing of the old regime," said Mr Khalil, who during his stay was given just slops to eat and had to sleep on the floor.

"But for me it brought back all my memories of that prison - the anxieties, the fear, not to mention the awful food, the rough guards and sleepless nights.

"If anyone deserves to be sent there they do. But to tell you the truth I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy."

The pair, two of Egypt's biggest businessmen, were arrested last week on corruption charges and sent to the high-security prison, a collection of sun-baked, H-shaped blocks in a bleak suburb of the capital. Egyptians had believed the two were untouchable. » | Nick Meo, Cairo | Sunday, April 17, 2011

Ägypten: Gericht löst Mubaraks ehemalige Regierungspartei auf
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE: Der Oberste Verwaltungsgerichtshof in Ägypten hat am Samstag die Auflösung der früheren Regierungspartei NDP angeordnet. Sie muss zudem ihre Vermögen und Büros dem Staat übergeben. Damit kommt das Gericht einer wichtigen Forderung der ägyptischen Protestbewegung nach.

Der Oberste Verwaltungsgerichtshof in der ägyptischen Hauptstadt Kairo hat am Samstag die Auflösung der früheren Regierungspartei des gestürzten Präsidenten Husni Mubarak angeordnet. Zudem soll das Vermögen der Nationaldemokratischen Partei (PND) beschlagnahmt werden. Zuvor hatten Anwälte Korruptionsvorwürfe gegen die Partei des ehemaligen Präsidenten Husni Mubarak erhoben und die Auflösung der Partei gefordert. Mit dem Urteilsspruch kam der Oberste Verwaltungsgerichtshof einer wichtigen Forderung der ägyptischen Protestbewegung nach, die im Februar den Sturz Mubaraks herbeiführte. » | Reuters/dapd | Samstag, 16. April 2011

Egypt: Mubarak Could Hang for Protesters Crackdown
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Hosni Mubarak, the deposed president of Egypt, could face the death penalty if prosecutors prove he ordered the police to shoot unarmed demonstrators.

More than 800 people died in the violence surrounding the popular protests against Mr Mubarak's regime earlier this year.

Habib al-Adly, the Interior Minister at the time, has already been arrested to face charges of ordering the security forces to attack the crowds.

Anger over the deaths of protesters when police opened fire on a crowd that stretched from Cairo's Tahrir Square to the state television building on January 28 has sustained demands for Mr Mubarak and his sons to face justice.

Zakaria Shalash, the head of Cairo's appeals court, told the state newspaper Al-Ahram that Mr Mubarak could be hung [sic] for his role in the crackdown.

He said: "If proven, he will receive the same punishment as the person who carried it out and it could reach execution if it is proven that peaceful demonstrators were killed with premeditation." » | Damien McElroy, Cairo | Friday, April 15, 2011

Mubarak, Sons Detained for 15 days
Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak along with his two sons have been placed in detention for 15 days, prosecutors said

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Egypt: Hosni Mubarak's Sons Detained
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Egyptian prosecutors have ordered the detention of the former president's powerful sons as their role in violence against protesters and corruption allegations are investigated.

The order came just hours after former President Hosni Mubarak, 82, was hospitalised with heart problems as investigations began over his own role in corruption and suppressing the protests calling for his ouster.

Many of Mr Mubarak's top associates are now being questioned for their activities in the previous regime, but the detention of his sons is by far the most startling development since his Feb. 11 removal from office.

Gamal Mubarak, his younger son, was a top official in the ruling party and was widely seen as being groomed to succeed his father before popular protests brought down the regime.

While the ex-president was in the hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where he has been living since being removed from power, his sons were taken for questioning to the nearby courthouse by prosecutors from Cairo.

An angry crowd of 2,000 people gathered outside and demanded the two be arrested. » | Wednesday, April 13, 2011

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Egypt detains former president Hosni Mubarak for 15 days: Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered that former president Hosni Mubarak be detained for 15 days for investigation for corruption and abuse allegations. » | Damien McElroy, in Doha | Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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Hosni Mubarak Has Heart Attack before Questioning
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's ousted president, has reportedly suffered a heart attack just hours before being questioned by prosecutors alongside his sons on corruption charges.

State television said that Mr Mubarak suffered a heart attack before questioning by prosecutors investigating graft and abuse allegations, which prompted his admission to hospital.

Two security officials said Mr Mubarak arrived under heavy police protection to the main hospital in Sharm al-Sheikh and, according to two doctors in the hospital, he stepped out of his armored Mercedes unaided and was taken to the presidential suite.

Mr Mubarak has lived in Sharm al-Sheikh since being deposed by the army in response to mass protests in February.

Al-Ahram, the official newspaper, said the president may not have to travel to Cairo to attend the prosecutors summons because of his admittance to hospital.

"Mubarak was admitted to the Sharm el-Sheikh International Hospital this afternoon amid a very heavy security presence in the town," a security official said.

Mr Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa, were reported to be facing 15 days on remand for questioning. Egypt's army-run Higher Council has bowed to popular pressure to target former officials for corruption, leading to the arrest of a raft of senior figures. » | Damien McElroy, Cairo | Tuesday, April 12, 2011