An Egyptian court on Saturday Nov 29,2014 acquitted former president Hosni Mubarak of murder and
separate corruption charges involving gas exports to Israel, almost
four years after he was overthrown in a popular uprising in Jan 2011
The court also acquitted five of his top security commanders of the
murder charges. Judge Mahmud Kamel al-Rashidi said Mubarak, the
commanders, including the former interior minister Habib al-Adly, were
“innocent.”
Hosni Mubarak’s two sons, Alaa and Gamal, were also found not guilty
of corruption charges related to the gas exports, in the same separate
case.
Hosni Mubarak(86)was accused along with the
five of involvement in the killing of hundreds of demonstrators during
the 2011 revolt that ended his three-decade rule. An appeals court
overturned an initial life sentence for Mubarak in 2012 on a
technicality.
Hosni Mubarak was also accused of abusing his power to
amass wealth, including a gas deal with Israel, and of embezzling 125
million Egyptian pounds ($18m) earmarked for the renovation of
presidential palaces.
Thousands of
protesters took to the streets after it emerged that ousted Egyptian
president Hosni Mubarak will not face murder charges over the killing of
Arab Spring demonstrators in 2011
Police fired teargas at a crowd of more 2,000 people who gathered near Tahrir Square to voice their opposition to the decision
Egyptian and other Twitter users voiced their
deep disappointment with the murder verdict, posting pictures of some of
the close to 1,000 protesters killed during the 18-day uprising in 2011
that unseated Hosni Mubarak
Supporters of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak chant slogans as
they wait for him to be transferred to a court, in front of Maadi
military hospital in Cairo November 29, 2014
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