20110206

Cheney calls Mubarak a good friend, U.S. ally

A good friend...

"...While in office, political corruption in the Mubarak administration's Ministry of Interior has risen dramatically, due to the increased power over the institutional system that is necessary to secure the prolonged presidency[clarification needed]. Such corruption has led to the imprisonment of political figures and young activists without trials,[22] illegal undocumented hidden detention facilities,[23][24] and rejecting universities, mosques, newspapers staff members based on political inclination.[25] On a personnel level, each individual officer are allowed to violate citizens' privacy in his area using unconditioned arrests due to the emergency law.

Transparency International (TI) is an international organisation addressing corruption, including, but not limited to, political corruption. In 2010, TI's Corruption Perceptions Index report assessed Egypt with a CPI score of 3.1, based on perceptions of the degree of corruption from business people and country analysts, with 10 being very clean and 0 being highly corrupt. Egypt ranked 98th out of the 178 countries included in the report.[26]

Emergency law rule
Egypt is a semi-presidential republic under Emergency Law (Law No. 162 of 1958)[27] and has been since 1967, except for an 18-month break in 1980s (which ended with the assassination of Sadat). Under the law, police powers are extended, constitutional rights suspended and censorship is legalized.[28] The law sharply circumscribes any non-governmental political activity: street demonstrations, non-approved political organizations, and unregistered financial donations are formally banned. Some 17,000 people are detained under the law, and estimates of political prisoners run as high as 30,000..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mubarak

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