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Hosni Mubarak waves to supporters in 2015 from a military hospital in Cairo. Mubarak faced numerous charges, some of which carried the death penalty as a potential sentence. CAIRO — Six years after baying crowds ousted him at the peak of the Arab Spring, former President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt was freed on Friday from the Cairo hospital where he had been detained, capping a long and largely fruitless effort to hold him accountable for human rights abuses and endemic corruption during his three decades of rule. Mr. Mubarak, 88, was taken from the Maadi Military Hospital in southern Cairo, where he had been living under guard in a room with a view of the Nile, to his mansion in the upmarket Cairo suburb of Heliopolis. “He went home at 8:30 this morning,” said his longtime lawyer, Farid el-Deeb, who stewarded Mr. Mubarak through a tangled cluster of prosecutions since 2011, speaking by telephone. “I don’t have further details, but he is home and all is well now.” His re...

Hosni Mubarak (file photo) An Egyptian court on Saturday dismissed all remaining criminal charges against former President Hosni Mubarak, raising the possibility that Mr. Mubarak could go free for the first time since he was removed from office in the 2011 uprising that defined the Arab Spring. During earlier hearings in the various proceedings against Mr. Mubarak human rights lawyers demanded harsh punishment for his three decades of brutal autocracy, but Saturday’s court session was packed with Mubarak supporters who erupted in cheers at the verdict. The 86-year-old former leader, who has been held at a military hospital and appeared in court on a stretcher, remained stone-faced as the chief judge, Mahmoud Kamel al-Rashidi, read the verdict. Only then did he allow himself a smile, and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, hugged and kissed him in celebration. Both were acquitted of corruption charges along with their father. Click here to read the full article Source: Th...

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian official says the top prosecutor will appeal the verdict in Hosni Mubarak's trial , which acquitted the former leader and his two sons on corruption charges and cleared senior police officers of complicity in killing protesters during last year's uprising. The prosecutor must appeal the entire verdict, which also included convictions and life sentences for Mubarak and his former security chief for failing to stop the killing of protesters in the uprising that ousted him. Six top police commanders, who faced the same charge of complicity in killing protesters, were acquitted for what the judge said was lack of concrete evidence. The official spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media. Source: AP, June 3, 2012 Anger boils in Egypt as Mubarak avoids death penalty and security chiefs walk free Thousands of angry protesters across Egypt took to the streets on Saturday after ex-president Hos...

An Egyptian court has sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak to life in prison after convicting him of involvement in the murder of protesters during the uprising that toppled him last year. Also given a life term on Saturday was Mubarak's former interior minister Habib al-Adly, while six former police commanders were acquitted. Meanwhile, corruption charges against Mubarak's sons, Alaa and Gamal, were dropped. Mubarak, the first Arab leader to be tried by his own people since the wave of uprising began in Tunisia in late 2010, was found guilty for permitting the killing at least 800 protesters during the 18-day revolt that overthrew him on February 11, 2011. The 84-year-old Mubarak was then ferried in a helicopter away from the police academy that was used as the courtroom in Cairo. Hossam Baghat, an attorney from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights told Al Jazeera that the verdict was likely to be appealed. "This trial is far, far from ...

CAIRO - The chief prosecutor in the trial of ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak said in his closing remarks yesterday that the former president should be given the death penalty for the killings of protesters in last year's uprising. Mustafa Suleiman said Mubarak, who ruled over the Arab world's most populous country for nearly 30 years, clearly authorised use of live ammunition and a shoot-to-kill policy against peaceful protesters. According to government estimates, about 850 people were killed in the crackdown from January 25 to February 11, 2011. For this, Suleiman told the presiding judges, Mubarak and five co-defendants, including long-time Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and four former top security officers, should receive the maximum sentence. "This is not a case about the killing of one or 10 or 20 civilians, but a case of an entire nation," he said. Listening attentively to the closing remarks, the 83-year-old Mubarak sat upright in his hospital bed ...

Tahrir Square, Cairo January 2011 Deposed President Hosni Mubarak could face execution or life imprisonment if convicted of the charges of complicity to murder, corruption and plunder of public money, for which he is currently being investigated. All of Egypt was taken aback by Prosecutor-general Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud ordering that the detention of deposed President Hosni Mubarak should be extended for a further 15 days. Not only did Abdel-Meguid’s order come after conflicting reports on the health condition of the deposed president, who is currently being held in Sharm El-Sheikh International Hospital, but also after widespread rumours that he might not be taken to Cairo to face more extensive questioning or to be placed at the hospital attached to Tora prison, where his two sons and most of his ex-regime’s henchmen are held in custody. An official statement emphasised that Mubarak was questioned on two serious charges: ordering the killing of pro-democracy protesters in Tahrir S...