Al Arabiya with AFP -
Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak will face on Saturday a
fresh retrial over his role in the deaths of protesters in 2011, after
the judge recused himself in a previous hearing.Appearing defiant, with a smile and a wave in the last hearing, Mubarak will share the docks with his interior minister Habib al-Adly and six security chiefs.
The defendants are to be face court over their complicity in the murder and attempted murder of hundreds of peaceful protesters on January 25-31, 2011.
The hearing will be broadcast live on Egyptian state TV.
Meanwhile, the former president’s sons Gamal and Alaa will be retried on corruption charges along with their father. Business tycoon Hussein Salem is being tried in absentia.
Egyptians remain polarized 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 Mursi, elected in June.
Umm Moaz, who lost her son during the uprising, see Mubarak’s new trial as a sham and have given up on justice ever being served.
On the 28th of January 2011, her 20-year-old son Moaz was killed during the “Friday of Anger” protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
She has demonstrated outside court throughout Mubarak’s trial which first started nearly two years ago.
“At this time, I don’t trust anyone, not even the court overseeing the retrial. I have no hope that they will ensure justice for my son or any martyr. My whole life has been turned upside down,” she told AFP news agency.
The ousted leader was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison in June last year over his involvement in the deaths of 846 people during the Egyptian revolution.
Today Egypt remains in disarray, with Mursi’s tenure marked by political polarization, repeated violence and a crippling economic crisis.
Mubarak is expected to attend the trial at the police academy that once bore his name on the outskirts of Cairo.
Last month, he was transferred to prison from a military hospital after the public prosecutor ordered the move because his health was deemed stable.
After months of rumors that Mubarak was at death’s door, footage of him looking strong and defiant and waving at supporters in court had stunned many.
The retrial was originally set to begin on April 13, but Judge Mostafa Hassan Abdallah recused himself in an opening session that lasted just seconds.
Mubarak turned 85 last week.
He is currently in Tora Prison Hospital after Prosecutor-General Talaat Abdullah ordered his return there from a military hospital he had been staying in due to reports of poor health.
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