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Hosni Mubarak Trial

Showdown in Egypt's Halls of Justice

Daniel Nisman | Posted 05.08.2013 | World
Daniel Nisman

Like any other postrevolutionary nation, the purging of Egypt's governing institutions from the influences of the Mubarak regime are as natural as the flow of the Nile. In a surprising demonstration of political shrewdness, however, Egypt's judiciary has transformed itself for the good.

Mubarak's Retrial Begins With Complications

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and AYA BATRAWY | Posted 04.14.2013 | World

CAIRO — The judge in Hosni Mubarak's retrial recused himself at the start of the first session on Saturday, citing a conflict of interest as the...

Official: Mubarak's Health Collapsed In Prison

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 08.05.2012 | World

CAIRO -- The health of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak deteriorated sharply on Tuesday, three days after a court sentenced him to life impriso...

Fury Over Dictator's Verdict Gives Brotherhood Boost

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 06.04.2012 | World

CAIRO -- In a tight race for Egypt's presidency, the Muslim Brotherhood is reaping an immediate benefit from public fury over the mixed verdict agains...

WAITING FOR JUSTICE: Mixed Verdict Sparks Urgency For Victims Of Mubarak Regime

AP | MARJORIE OLSTER | Posted 06.04.2012 | World

CAIRO -- Tied to a bed, Nasr al-Sayed Hassan Nasr was tortured for days with electric shocks during his 2010 detention for membership in the outlawed ...

Prosecutor To Appeal Mubarak Verdict

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 08.03.2012 | World

A top prosecutor will appeal the verdict in former Egypt President Hosni Mubarak's trial, an official told the AP. Mubarak on Saturday was sentenc...

Mubarak Sentenced To Life In Prison

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 08.02.2012 | World

CAIRO — Former President Hosni Mubarak got a life sentence Saturday for failing to stop the killing of protesters during Egypt's uprising. But h...

Egypt On Edge Ahead Of Ruling In Dictator's Trial

Reuters | Posted 07.31.2012 | World

By Dina Zayed CAIRO, May 31 (Reuters) - Egyptians could hardly believe their eyes when Hosni Mubarak went on trial for complici...

Mubarak Sends Egyptians Defiant Letter

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 04.24.2012 | World

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak told the court trying him for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprisin...

Mubarak Verdict Set For June 2

AP | Posted 04.23.2012 | World

CAIRO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The verdict in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, charged with ordering the killing of protesters in th...

A Year Without Mubarak

Reuters | Posted 04.12.2012 | World

By Tamim Elyan CAIRO, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Egypt marked the first anniversary of the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak on Saturday, bu...

Hosni Mubarak's Tumultuous Year In Pictures (PHOTOS)

Posted 01.25.2012 | World

"Down with Mubarak!" One year ago today, on January 25, 2011, thousands of Egyptians filled Tahrir Square and univocally demanded the resignation ...

Defense Argues For Mubarak's Acquittal: Leader 'Technically Still President'

AP | Posted 01.22.2012 | World

CAIRO -- Hosni Mubarak's lawyer concluded his defense on Sunday, arguing that the ousted leader should be acquitted of criminal charges because he is ...

Mubarak Defense Claims Mubarak To Be 'Clean Man'

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 03.18.2012 | World

CAIRO — Hosni Mubarak, on trial for his life, is ferried to court by helicopter from a presidential hospital suite. His sons and co-defendants s...

Lying On Behalf Of Mubarak?

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 03.10.2012 | World

CAIRO — Lawyers for victims in the trial of Hosni Mubarak accused the head of Egypt's ruling military council and the ex-vice president of lying...

Egypt's Prosecutor: 'Mubarak Was Responsible'

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 03.06.2012 | World

CAIRO — Prosecutors on Thursday called for Hosni Mubarak to be hanged, saying he bore full responsibility for the killing of protesters during t...

Prosecutor Accuses Mubarak Of Tyranny And Corruption

AP | By HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 03.04.2012 | World

CAIRO -- The chief prosecutor delivered the harshest assessment of Hosni Mubarak's rule ever heard in an Egyptian courtroom Tuesday, accusing the oust...

Mubarak Helicoptered In To Court As Trial Resumes

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 03.03.2012 | World

CAIRO — The trial of Hosni Mubarak resumed Monday amid speculation that a recent acquittal of policemen tried in the killings of protesters coul...

Egypt's Mubarak Back On Trial

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 02.26.2012 | World

CAIRO — The trial of Hosni Mubarak resumed Wednesday after a 3-month break, with the ousted Egyptian leader returning to the metal defendants' c...

Mubarak Trial Pushed Back

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 12.30.2011 | World

CAIRO — The trial of Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak on charges of complicity in the killing of more than 800 protesters this year was adjou...

Last Session In Mubarak Trial Resumes

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 11.05.2011 | World

CAIRO — The prosecution's first witness in the trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak startled the court in a stormy session Monday, t...

Egypt's Troubling Transition

Dennis O'Brien | Posted 10.03.2011 | World
Dennis O'Brien

Ask an Egyptian, and he or she will likely will tell you the revolution is still going on.

The Revolution in Context: Alaa Al Aswany's On the State of Egypt

Feisal G. Mohamed | Posted 10.24.2011 | Books
Feisal G. Mohamed

Like so many of his writings, On the State of Egypt provides a critique of despotism both distinctly Egyptian and universal.

Mubarak Appears in Court Again

Hoda Osman | Posted 10.16.2011 | World
Hoda Osman

The meaning of the decision to ban the trial's live broadcast is still unclear. Will the trial be filmed and aired later? Are photographs allowed? Will we hear Mubarak responding to questions?

Mubarak Trial Resumes

AP | By HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 10.15.2011 | World

CAIRO -- The judge trying ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters who toppled his regime ordered...