Mubarak Cleared in One Case as Morsi's Detention Extended over Protesters' Death
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Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak has been granted conditional release in one of the corruption cases against him, but will remain in custody on charges in an additional case, judicial sources said Monday.
His lawyer plans to appeal against the fourth and final case, which is also related to corruption, in a bid to secure the former president's release, according to a judicial source.
Farid al-Dib, Mubarak's lawyer, is expected to argue that his client paid back the $600,120 (449,570 euros) worth of gifts he received from his minister of information -- the issue at the heart of the fourth case.
Since April, courts have ordered Mubarak's conditional release in two of the four cases against him -- one involving corruption, and a second for allegedly killing protesters.
On Monday, he was granted conditional release in a third case, and will now seek to be cleared of charges in the fourth, the judicial sources said.
The former president, 85, is on trial with his former interior minister Habib Adly and six police commanders on charges related to their rule before the 2011 uprising that toppled his regime.
On Saturday, a court adjourned his trial on charges of killing protesters until August 25 in a brief session that Mubarak did not attend.
He is facing the charges for a second time after a first trial that ended in him being sentenced to life was overturned by an appeals court on the basis of procedural errors.
Meanwhile, Egypt's ousted leader Mohammed Morsi was accused Monday of complicity in the deaths and torture of protesters outside his presidential palace in late 2012, judicial sources said.
He already stands accused of crimes related to his 2011 escape from prison, and the new allegations mean his current detention will be extended by 15 days started next week.
19 August 2013, 17:17
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What a farce. The middle east is so effed up. Whats funny iw how anti-saudis in lebanon are praising sisi thinking he is anti-saudi arabia when in reality saudi arabia is fully backing that dictator and grand terrorist, they are offering him their full support since he is mubarak 2.0 and part of their club. And many pro-saudis in lebanon are anti sisi. Its truely effed up and the arabs are being played like puppets by these filthy leaders who have oceans of blood on their hands. No real muslim can back saudi leaders nor bashar or al-sisi or qatars leaders nor any of the gulf dictators or the other satanists currently governing the arab world. Those who do trade their religion in exchange for the fire. Now today, muslims are being seperated from the munafiqeen and are in a weak position and attacked by all of islams enemies whether in the arab world, turkey, burma, pakistan but rest assured that it is a test from Allah SWT.
19 August 2013, 18:54
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so let me get this straight..
The dictator whos ruled egypt for 30 years,
whos record breaking corruption bankrupted the nation
who personally helped himself to $70 billion of the nations wealth
whos neglect and thirst for power has left egypt one of the most impoverished and illiterate nations on the globe.
not to mention serious human rights abuses such as murder torture imprisionment without trial.
this man should be freed? some even said handed back the keys.
meanwhile morsi
who was president for barely a year.
former politcal prisoner
lived in a rented apartment
this man is in prison because? somebody please remind me what crime morsi commited? oh that right his beard was too long.
20 August 2013, 02:41
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There is no religious reason when Muslims kill Muslims or Christians kill Christians. It is about bad oppressive people doing what they're good at. It is not about Islam. It is about human beings, those who pray in the privacy of their homes and houses of worship vs. those who want to tell you how you are supposed to live your life. The problem is that the M.E. has despots and tyrants who only care about their causes and pocket, and the Arabs have not united yet to avoid such rulers.
