<span style="color: #222222;">Egypt has unfrozen the assets of its Mubarak-era interior minister, who was acquitted on all corruption-related charges earlier this month. This was confirmed by a judicial source in Cairo today.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Illicit Gains Authority decided last Thursday to lift freezes on Habib al-Adly's assets and those of aides who were key players in the graft that dominated Egypt under long-time autocrat Hosni Mubarak. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Adly's behemoth security apparatus was accused of systematic torture and repression of dissent, helping fuel the 2011 uprising that toppled Mubarak.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In May, a court fined the former minister about USD 29 on charges of abusing public funds.Adly was sentenced in April 2017 to seven years in prison along with 10 other former officials, for embezzling about USD 122 million. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">But his case was thrown out, with the court citing procedural errors, and a retrial was ordered last year.In 2014, Adly was acquitted of charges of responsibility for the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising.</span><br />