Egypt Places Ousted President Mubarak under House Arrest

World | March 28, 2011, Monday // 17:32
Bulgaria: Egypt Places Ousted President Mubarak under House Arrest Pictured: protesters with banners showing Hosni Mubarak during the mass rallies that brought down the former President of the largest Arab country in February 2011. EPA/BGNES

Egypt’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak has been placed under house arrest together with his family, according to a statement of the Egyptian military.

Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said on Monday, as cited by Al Jazeera, that the former leader and his family would not be allowed to leave the country and denied reports that Mubarak had fled to Saudi Arabia.

"There is no truth to reports that former president Hosni Mubarak has left Egypt for Tabuk in Saudi Arabia. He is under house arrest, with his family, in Egypt," said the Council, which took power on February 11 after Mubarak removed from office following 18 days of massive street protests against his 30-year rule.

Egypt's prosecutor general on March 3 denied media reports that Mubarak was in Saudi Arabia, insisting that he was at his family home in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Egypt is due to hold parliamentary elections in September, although no exact date has yet been given for a presidential vote, Al Jazeera points out.

The country's emergency laws, in place since 1981, are to be lifted ahead of the parliamentary vote, the military council has said. The laws give police near-unlimited powers of arrest and allowed indefinite detentions without charges.



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