CAIRO: Egypt’s State Commissioners Authority has issued a report recommending that the Administrative Court issue a ruling to uphold the decision to remove the name of former President Hosni Mubarak and his wife Suzanne from all squares, streets, schools, libraries, associations and all public facilities in all governorates of the country and their images. The [...]
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CAIRO: The trial of Egypt’s ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak got underway again on Wednesday, with Mubarak’s defense team calling the trial “illegal,” shifting blame to Egypt’s army for the deaths of protesters from the January 25 uprisings that toppled the regime of the former President. Mubarak’s chief lawyer, Farid al-Deeb, said that protesters were killed [...]
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CAIRO: The trial of Egypt’s ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak got underway again on Wednesday, a day after his defense team said there was “no evidence” linking Mubarak to orders to shoot protesters during the 18 days of protests that led to his downfall. Farid al-Deeb, the lead lawyer for the 83-year-old former leader, praised Mubarak, [...]
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CAIRO: Court was in session on Tuesday as ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was again wheeled into the courtroom. His defense team is beginning their case to defend the former dictator, who is accused of killing protesters during last year’s 18-day uprising that led to his removal from power. “I hope he dies,” Ahmed Hefnawy, [...]
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CAIRO: The head of a group of volunteer Kuwait lawyers assisting in defending former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said they are to file a lawsuit against the country’s Rose al-Yousef newspaper. The panel is accusing the newspaper of reporting “false rumors” that the Kuwaitis had videotaped the trial, which the team says is completely untrue, [...]
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CAIRO: Ahmed Hefnawy sits and smokes his shisha, drinks his tea. His eyes are glued to the television, which is displaying images from the trial of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak. “I hope he dies,” the young Cairo University student told Bikyamasr.com on Tuesday morning. “I just wish he would face the tear gas and bullets [...]
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CAIRO: A small group of protesters and families of those killed during Egypt’s 2011 uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak from power were again voiceful on Monday morning outside the Police Academy where the trial of the dictator was taking place. Monday marked the beginning of closing arguments from the prosecution, which last week [...]
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CAIRO: Russia’s foreign ministry called for the prosecution in the trial against ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to not be put to death if found guilty. The foreign ministry on its website on Saturday said it did not support the death penalty for the former dictator, accused of ordering the killing of around 1,000 protesters [...]
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CAIRO: A prosecutor in the trial of Egypt’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak quoted the Qur’an on Thursday in demanding the former dictator be hanged for ordering the killing of hundreds of protesters during the 18 days of uprising that forced him from power last year. “There is life for you in the law of retribution, [...]
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CAIRO: The head prosecutor in the trial against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has accused the ousted dictator of using a “tyrannical rule” against Egyptians during his nearly three decades of rule. Mustafa Suleiman made the remarks as the prosecution began its case against Mubarak, who is accused of ordering the killing of Egyptian protesters [...]
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CAIRO: Scuffles erupted between Egypt’s police and families of the uprising’s dead outside the court where ousted President Hosni Mubarak is being tried at the Egyptian Police Academy, just outside the capital Cairo on Monday. Mubarak, his former minister of interior Habib al-Adly and 6 top aides are on trial for killing protesters during the [...]
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CAIRO: Security was again tight at the Police Academy where the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was again held on Monday. Outside the courtroom, families of those who were killed during the 18 days of protest that ousted the 83-year-old dictator were hopeful that the trial, delayed for the past three months, would [...]
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CAIRO: After three months of waiting to see ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s trial continue, Ahmed Mustafa and his entire family will have to wait until next week, after the Cairo court postponed the trial. Ahmed and his family of four present near the Cairo Police Academy want closure for Mahmoud, Ahmed’s younger brother who [...]
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CAIRO: Security is tight at Cairo’s Police Academy on Wednesday as former President Hosni Mubarak and sons are set to renew their trial that had been delayed three months after lawyers of the families killed in the January uprising attempted to have the lead judge replaced. Their request was denied on December 7 and the [...]
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CAIRO: Egypt’s state media on Monday reported that more than 5,000 security personnel will be on hand to maintain security inside and outside the court where former President Hosni Mubarak’s trial is scheduled to resume on Wednesday. The trial, to resume Wednesday at the Police Academy in Cairo’s outskirts, will take place amid tight security [...]
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CAIRO: The Egyptian government is pushing Switzerland to have money taken outside the North African country by former President Hosni Mubarak returned to Egypt. However, the Swiss foreign ministry seems unwilling to make the move, after receiving the third request. According to the head of international law at the ministry, Valentin Zalluger, the most recent [...]
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CAIRO: Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak’s trial has been postponed as a decision over whether to change the judges presiding over the case is pending. Accoring to lawyers representing the families of those killed in the Egyptian uprising in January and February, the trial has been postponed awaiting a decision. Mubarak was scheduled to be [...]
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CAIRO: As the November parliamentary elections draw near, former National Democratic Party members have begun forming new political parties and some are running as “independent” candidates. As of October 13, nearly 60 former NDP officials have registered to run for parliament. The reemergence of regime politicians poses a particularly serious challenge to revolutionary groups in [...]
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CAIRO: Egyptian human rights activist Asmaa Mahfouz said on Sunday she received death threats from ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s sympathizers, saying they will kill her and kidnap her mother if she doesn’t stop her activism. Mahfouz did not seem to give much weight to the treats and asked followers to not pay much attention to [...]
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CAIRO: The head of Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi has denied earlier statements he made that former President Hosni Mubarak ordered the military to fire upon activists during the 18-day revolution that began on January 25. Speaking at a ceremony south of Cairo, the comments come [...]
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