In photos: Egypt erupts as Hosni Mubarak dodges death penalty and murderous police escape jail
THEY wanted him dead. The Egyptians who massed in Tahrir Square ,Cairo, heard the country’s former President, Hosni Mubarak, sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that forced him from power last year. The 84-year-old escaped the gallows. His two sons, Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, were acquitted of corruption charges, but still face separate trial on charges of insider trading. Egypt’s former interior minister Habib al-Adly has also been jailed for life. Six ex-police commanders were acquitted. They were – as it says – only obeying orders.
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A motorbike passes a statue showing the defaced likeness of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, left, as well as Egyptian Nobel prize winner Ahmed Zewail, second left, the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, second right, and at right Egyptian novelist and Nobel Prize Winner Naguib Mahfouz, in 6th of October city, Egypt, Thursday, May 23, 2012. Guilty or not, Saturday's verdict in the Hosni Mubarak trial may only add to Egypt's polarization. The country is bracing for a heated runoff for president pitting the ousted leader's protege and last prime minister against an Islamist from a group that the old regime repeatedly cracked down. (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson)
Posted: 2nd, June 2012 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
