A warning for other dictators

The arrest of Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak is also a warning to other authoritarian rulers, writes the daily Diário de Notícias: "It is a confirmation for those who had doubts that the leaders of kleptocratic regimes that have oppressed their people for decades … will not go unpunished. The worst that could happen in this phase is for the fallen tyrants to escape trial. This is a warning to all the other dictators in other countries of the Maghreb and the Middle East who are clinging desperately to their power. … It would be absurd if the peaceful movements that have ended the dictatorships in Tunisia and Egypt didn't have consequences both at a political and juridical level. Putting the Mubarak family on trial is an indispensable step."

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