Egypt arrests key Mubarak allies

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Egyptian authorities arrested Egypt's former information minister and the head of state television and radio on Thursday (February 24th), wire services reported. Anas al-Fiqqi, the former information minister, was a member of former President Hosni Mubarak’s inner circle and was placed under house arrest earlier this month.

Osama al-Sheikh presided over the state media's coverage of the protests that began on January 25th and led to Mubarak's resignation.

Both were arrested on charges of corruption. On Wednesday, Egypt’s top prosecutor issued an order banning several former ministers and businessmen from leaving the country, including former Culture Minister Farouk Hosni and former Prime Minister Atef Obeid, who served from 2001 to 2004.

Three other high level officials appeared in a Cairo court on Thursday to face charges of abuse of power and misuse of public funds including former Housing Minister Ahmed Maghrapi, former tourism minister Zuheir Garana and businessman Ahmed Ezz who was secretary-general of the NDP, according to wire services.

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    taher

    2011-3-12

    Our manners and religious teachings demand that we respect the elders, as the Prophet, peace be upon him, taught us. He also enjoined us to have mercy upon the leaders who had lost power and had become humiliated. We have to allow all people to work and contribute to the renaissance of this great country. We are not satisfied with the empty promises in Egypt. The Egyptians did not live in poverty only because of Mubarak, but also because of the indifference toward and ignorance about all laws and order.

  • ياسين عبدالله

    2011-3-10

    All the Arab governments are totalitarian and they are working for their own interests. They collect money and exploit the peoples to deposit funds in foreign banks, in order to ensure their own interest. God Almighty will not accept this act at all. Hence God has exposed the reality behind which they were hiding. The Arab peoples have woken up after a long dormancy. The Egyptian people have exposed the secrets through demonstrations and the revolution in which they came out to bring down the regime during those difficult days experienced by the Egyptian people. We learned that the ruling dictators do not want to leave power, and they do not care about the outbreak of clashes among people. Now the same thing is happening in Libya, where there is murder, sabotage and destruction everywhere, and this is also the case in Iraq. Where are human rights and the humanitarian organizations which call for protecting the dignity of the people? In these countries, there are no organizations or governments that call for preserving the dignity of the citizens. Thankfully, they are revealed and people want to get rid of them and to look for people who are more confident and aware of governing the country. God help the Arab States to survive what is happening. I call on the Arab States to stand together and unite, and not to listen to bodies that do not want the best for the Arab nations. I call on God to alleviate the situation in the countries where rights are usurped, to restore their pride, dignity and victory.

  • m.n150

    2011-2-28

    The rest will come later!

  • احمد جميل

    2011-2-25

    We seek God’s help against all oppressors.

  • نبيل الزنكي

    2011-2-24

    After overthrowing the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak, we ask the Egyptian justice system to do its duty at this historic moment and bring the dictator Hosni Mubarak to justice. He was a despotic and oppressive ruler, and he stole the money of the citizens for many years. Thus, we want him to get his just punishment because of all the unfair decisions that harmed the citizens or helped in stealing their money. We also want the necessary decisions to be issued in order to confiscate all funds of former President Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak and his followers stole huge amounts of public money, because they were never faithful to their country’s wealth, and they were professional thieves. Thus, we ask that all the funds and real estate, together with deposited money in foreign banks, be frozen. We want to get this money back because it belongs to the Egyptian people. They deserve these billions of dollars, to help the citizens overcome all the hardships and poverty caused by Mubarak’s theft.