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Mubarak's name to be removed from public places

Updated on: 22 April,2011 07:48 AM IST |
Agencies |

A Cairo court yesterday ruled that the name of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, and that of his wife, be removed from all public places.

Judge Mohammed Hassan Omar said the names of Hosni Mubarak and his wife Suzanne would be removed from "public squares, streets, libraries and other public institutions around the country."

The ruling will affect hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of subway stations, schools, streets, squares and libraries across the nation that over the years bore the name of the former leader or his wife.

Mubarak's 30-year rule of Egypt ended on February 11 after nearly three weeks of anti-regime protests.
The former strongman is under arrest in a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, being questioned over his alleged role in violence against protesters during the popular uprising.

Bye bye: Thousands of schools, squares and libraries will be affected
by the ruling. (Above) Egyptian policemen and soldiers stand guard
outside the prison of Torah, where Alaa and Gamal Mubarak, the sons
of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak are detained. File pics

His two sons, Alaa and Gamal, are also in prison pending investigations into the violence during the protests that erupted on January 25. Mubarak, his wife and their two sons, were also to be questioned on charges of
corruption.

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