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Switzerland has frozen assets that may belong to Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down as president of Egypt on Friday after 30 years of rule, the foreign ministry said.
In international law, odious debt is a legal theory which holds that the national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, such as wars of aggression, should not be enforceable. Such debts are thus considered by this doctrine to be personal debts of the regime that incurred them and not debts of the state.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by purplemer
This is fascinating, and a stunning act by the Swiss, if true.
Seems at odds with the famous reputation of "neutrality" they've had for so long. Interested to see how this twist may play out.......
"Swiss bank freezes Julian Assange"
Originally posted by Thepreye
reply to post by purplemer
Thanks for the great news Purplemer, I hope the other countries with less than open banking systems follow suit, 40 to hundreds of billions???of dollars flooding back into Egypt will help to kick start the chances of a proper civil democracy taking root over there.