Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two former ministers were convicted Saturday by a Cairo court fined 90 million dollars (65 million). The three men were convicted of "harming the economy" by cutting national Internet and telephone during a popular revolt on 25 January which led to the downfall of President Mubarak on 11 February.
This amount is the estimated cost of the outage of the Internet for five days decided by the Egyptian government. According to a first estimate published on February 3 by the OECD, "the blocked services (telecommunications and the Internet) are about 3% to 4% of gross domestic product, or a loss of $ 18 million [13 million euros] per day.
" The ousted president, his former Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif and former Interior Minister Habib el-Adli were jointly convicted in the state to pay 540 million Egyptian pounds from their personal funds, "said A judicial source. The former head of state will pay 200 million pounds (33.5 million), Mr.
Nazif 40 million pounds (6.7 million) and Mr. Adli remaining 300 million (50.3 million dollars). The four main providers of Internet access services were suspended almost simultaneously on Jan. 28, just days after the demonstrations against the Mubarak regime had begun. Some 23 million Egyptians have an occasional or regular access to the Internet, according to official estimates, more than a quarter of the population.
Number of protest leaders were using the web to coordinate gatherings, including appeals launching on Facebook. At least 846 people were killed and 6,000 wounded during the revolt that brought down Mr. Mubarak, who is currently hospitalized in Sharm el-Sheikh in Sinai (east). The former president is accused of corruption and of being responsible for the deaths of the demonstrators.
His two son, Alaa and Gamal, are imprisoned in a Cairo prison, like many other chiefs of the fallen regime. The Egyptian prosecutor said Tuesday referring to a court of assizes of Mubarak and his two son. The three men will be tried for the killing of demonstrators and corruption. 
This amount is the estimated cost of the outage of the Internet for five days decided by the Egyptian government. According to a first estimate published on February 3 by the OECD, "the blocked services (telecommunications and the Internet) are about 3% to 4% of gross domestic product, or a loss of $ 18 million [13 million euros] per day.
" The ousted president, his former Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif and former Interior Minister Habib el-Adli were jointly convicted in the state to pay 540 million Egyptian pounds from their personal funds, "said A judicial source. The former head of state will pay 200 million pounds (33.5 million), Mr.
Nazif 40 million pounds (6.7 million) and Mr. Adli remaining 300 million (50.3 million dollars). The four main providers of Internet access services were suspended almost simultaneously on Jan. 28, just days after the demonstrations against the Mubarak regime had begun. Some 23 million Egyptians have an occasional or regular access to the Internet, according to official estimates, more than a quarter of the population.
Number of protest leaders were using the web to coordinate gatherings, including appeals launching on Facebook. At least 846 people were killed and 6,000 wounded during the revolt that brought down Mr. Mubarak, who is currently hospitalized in Sharm el-Sheikh in Sinai (east). The former president is accused of corruption and of being responsible for the deaths of the demonstrators.
His two son, Alaa and Gamal, are imprisoned in a Cairo prison, like many other chiefs of the fallen regime. The Egyptian prosecutor said Tuesday referring to a court of assizes of Mubarak and his two son. The three men will be tried for the killing of demonstrators and corruption.
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