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Saturday, November 29, 2014

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Cleared of Corruption and Murder Conspiracy Charges Saturday Nov 29,2014

  
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
The charges were related to the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising, part of the so-called Arab Spring revolts
Thousands of protesters took to the streets after it emerged that ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak will not face murder charges 
Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters run for cover from smoke-grenades fired by the police during clashes in Tahrir Square in Cairo
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

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. Photo: Reuters

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