Egypt: Trial Dates Set for Former Regime Officials

Al-Jazeera reports that the court trials for former President Hosni Mubarak and ex-Interior Minister Habib al-Adly have been merged. The Egyptian cabinet announced the decision today in an effort to further placate protesters who have accused the interim ruling military of retaining the former regime’s practices. Additionally, six other high-ranking officials had trial dates set for August 3.

Former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif was also charged and ordered detained for 15 days today for “squandering public money and seizing state-owned land,” the official MENA news agency reported. The trial was televised and broadcast to millions of Egyptians, many of whom ”haven’t felt that [the trials] have been very transparent” until now.