Published: June 24, 2011 at 6:49 AM By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE UPI Editor at Large Read more
WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- The new Egypt is a frightening picture, according to letter from Hosni Mubarak's two sons, Gamal and Alaa.
In a letter hand-carried out of prison in Egypt to Dr. Omar Zawawi, Oman's most prominent businessman and close adviser to Oman's Sultan Qaboos, the Mubarak brothers wrote, "We have been through rounds of politically motivated investigations that resemble more of a witch hunt directed at our family at large.
"Egypt is passing through a critical phase in its modern history," wrote the Mubaraks. "The announced vision and policies aim to respond to demands for more freedom, human rights and dignity for all. (But) what we have witnessed over the past few months is anything but those noble objectives.
"The media are being manipulated, the investigations of us and others corrupted, the charges leveled against us are manufactured and the allegedly accused dare not speak out or even have their supporters or lawyers speak out in their defense." "For the past three months," the two Mubarak brothers wrote, "we have been subjected to an organized media campaign, led by state media outlets, to leak out false details about our investigations, continue relentlessly to slander our reputation, spread lies about fabricated charges against us, without allowing us any space whatsoever to respond.
WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- The new Egypt is a frightening picture, according to letter from Hosni Mubarak's two sons, Gamal and Alaa.
In a letter hand-carried out of prison in Egypt to Dr. Omar Zawawi, Oman's most prominent businessman and close adviser to Oman's Sultan Qaboos, the Mubarak brothers wrote, "We have been through rounds of politically motivated investigations that resemble more of a witch hunt directed at our family at large.
"Egypt is passing through a critical phase in its modern history," wrote the Mubaraks. "The announced vision and policies aim to respond to demands for more freedom, human rights and dignity for all. (But) what we have witnessed over the past few months is anything but those noble objectives.
"The media are being manipulated, the investigations of us and others corrupted, the charges leveled against us are manufactured and the allegedly accused dare not speak out or even have their supporters or lawyers speak out in their defense." "For the past three months," the two Mubarak brothers wrote, "we have been subjected to an organized media campaign, led by state media outlets, to leak out false details about our investigations, continue relentlessly to slander our reputation, spread lies about fabricated charges against us, without allowing us any space whatsoever to respond.
