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Mubarak retrial collapses in chaos
The judge in the retrial of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak recused himself on Saturday, in a chaotic opening hearing that lasted just seconds and saw a proud and combative Mubarak smile and wave in the dock. Head judge Mostafa Hassan Abdallah told the court he would send the case to the…
Ex-Egyptian leader Mubarak questioned over newspaper’s gifts
Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak was on Saturday questioned over gifts worth millions of Egyptian pounds allegedly received from the country’s flagship state newspaper, a judicial source said. Mubarak, who is already serving a life sentence for his involvement in the death of protesters during the 2011 uprising that toppled…
Egypt’s former dictator Mubarak goes to hospital as health worsens
CAIRO — Egypt’s state prosecutor on Thursday ordered imprisoned former dictator Hosni Mubarak to be transferred to a military hospital after his health deteriorated, a source at the prosecutor’s office said. Mubarak, serving a life sentence over the killings of protesters, was briefly taken to hospital on December 19 for…
Egypt’s Mubarak hurt after slipping in prison shower: report
Egypt’s ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak, who is serving a life sentence, was injured when he slipped in a prison shower on Saturday, the official MENA news agency reported. The former president, who was sentenced over the killings of protesters during the uprising that toppled him last year, was being treated…
Two years after Mubarak, his prison torture apparatus still wounds Egypt
Two years after Mubarak, his prison torture apparatus still wounds Egypt Sitting cross-legged on a makeshift bed in his parent’s apartment, Tarek Mohamed Abdel Hafez lifts his jacket to reveals his battle scars – marks from the first few weeks of his nearly 1,000-day sentence in prison. “It was 12…
Egypt’s prosecutor orders Mubarak back to prison
Egypt’s prosecutor general on Monday ordered convicted former strongman Hosni Mubarak back to prison nearly a month after he was moved to a military hospital in Cairo after reportedly suffering a stroke. Abdel Meguid Mahmud “has issued an order to transfer former president Hosni Mubarak from the Maadi Armed Forces…
Egypt’s Morsi vows to be ‘servant of the people’
Mohamed Morsi took the oath of office on Saturday to become Egypt’s first Islamist president and its first elected head of state since the revolt that overthrew Hosni Mubarak overthrow last year. The ceremony took place in the constitutional court rather than parliament, the result of an ongoing tussle with…
Egypt delays poll results, Mubarak still in coma
Egypt’s election commission delayed the announcement of presidential results scheduled for Thursday, as tension spiked over who will succeed ailing ousted president Hosni Mubarak after moves by the ruling military to extend powers. “Egypt’s election commission, headed by Judge Faruq Sultan… has decided to delay the announcement of the presidential…
Egypt’s Mubarak in coma after stroke: sources
gypt’s Hosni Mubarak was in a coma on life support at a Cairo hospital after suffering a stroke in prison, medical and military sources told AFP on Wednesday, denying reports he was clinically dead. The uncertainty over the health of the ousted leader came against the backdrop of new tension…
Protesters keep up pressure after Mubarak verdicts
Egyptian activists who spearheaded the revolt that toppledpresident Hosni Mubarak have called for mass demonstrations on Tuesday to protest against verdicts handed down in the strongman’s murder trial. Mubarak Mubarak and his interior minister Habib al-Adly were sentenced to life in prison on Saturday but six security commanders were acquitted over the…
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