Egypt’s Mubarak faces new trial over protester deathsA fresh retrial of Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak over his role in the deaths of protesters in 2011 was set to begin on Saturday in Cairo, after the judge recused himself in a previous hearing.
Mubarak, his interior minister Habib al-Adly and six security chiefs are to face court again over their complicity in the murder and attempted murder of hundreds of peaceful protesters on January 25-31, 2011.
Egyptians remain polarised by the former leader who was deposed in a popular uprising in 2011, as the country struggles to move forward under the new regime of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, elected in June.
Today Egypt remains in disarray, with Morsi’s tenure marked by political polarisation, repeated violence and a crippling economic crisis.