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Following the [[2011 Egyptian revolution]], Adly was convicted of [[corruption]] and conspiring to kill protestors and was sentenced to life in prison. This conviction was later dropped.
 
He was later sentenced to 7 years. He fled into hiding on 11 May 2017.
 
==Early life and education==
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On retrial, el Adly was acquitted on all charges relating to complicity in the killing of protesters as well as using political influence for private gain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/arab-and-world/egypt/2015/03/19/براءة-العادلي-وزير-داخلية-مبارك-بقضية-كسب-غير-مشروع.html|title=براءة العادلي وزير داخلية مبارك وإخلاء سبيله الاثنين|first=العربية|last=نت|date=19 March 2015|website=العربية نت}}</ref> and was released from detention in March, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/arab-and-world/egypt/2015/03/25/مصر-اخلاء-سبيل-حبيب-العادلي-وزير-داخلية-مبارك-.html|title=مصر.. إخلاء سبيل حبيب العادلي وزير داخلية مبارك|first=العربية|last=نت|date=25 March 2015|website=العربية نت}}</ref><ref>[http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/126081/Egypt/Politics-/Mubarakera-interior-minister-Habib-ElAdly-released.aspx Mubarak-era interior minister Habib El-Adly released] 25 March 2015. ''Ahram''.</ref>
 
In April 2017, he was sentenced to 7 years in prison, based on charges of embezzling about $122 million.<ref name="france24"/> In May 2018, the Cairo Court of Appeal began the retrial of former interior minister El Adly and a number of other ministers. Together they are charged with [[Graft (politics)|siphoning off public funds]] from the ministry in an amount exceeding LE 2 billion in the period between 2000 and 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/49172/Retrial-of-former-interior-minister-to-kick-off-May-5|title=Retrial of former interior minister to kick off May 5|website=EgyptToday}}</ref>
 
In May 2019, Egyptian authorities unfrozen his assets, after he had been acquitted on all corruption-related charges.<ref name="france24">{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190526-egypt-unfreezes-assets-mubarak-era-interior-minister |title=Egypt unfreezes assets of Mubarak-era interior minister |website=France 24 |date=26 May 2019 }}</ref>
 
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