The man looks half dead, but I’m glad he is facing justice.
Caged Mubarak on Trial in Egypt
VOA News
Photo: AFP/Egyptian TV
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is wheeled into a holding cell in the court room in the police academy on the outskirt of the capital Cairo, where he faces murder charges, August 3, 2011
Egypt has begun the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak, who was in the courtroom Wednesday nearly six months after he was toppled in an 18-day revolution calling for democratic reforms.
During the hearing in Cairo, Mubarak was reclined on a bed inside of a cage that was built in the front of the courtroom to house all of the defendants.
Mubarak is charged with ordering the killing of anti-government protesters during the revolution that deposed him. Nearly 900 people were killed during the uprising.
Mubarak faces a possible death sentence if convicted. He is also charged with corruption, abuse of power and squandering public wealth.
Crowds gathered outside the building and watched the proceedings on a large screen. Hundreds of police were deployed outside, where at one point supporters and opponents of Mr. Mubarak threw stones at one another.
Two of Mubarak’s sons, Alaa and Gamal, also went on trial Wednesday, along with his former interior minister Habib al-Adly, six police commanders, and prominent businessman Hussein Salem who is being tried in absentia.
Mubarak has been living under house arrest at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh with his family.
Egypt’s judiciary had moved the location of the trial to the Cairo Police Academy due to security issues.
No court on earth can punish him enough for what he has done to people of egypt and the muslim world.
he has tortured and abused people in prisons for his regime and others including america with rendition flights etc.
he has stolen the wealth of Egypt he is reportedly worth $90 billion
he has worked against palestine and been israel’s best friend for past how many decades.
As for facing justice the same system and same faces same judges appointed by mubarak are now trying mubarak!!! how do you expect them to serve justice they have never done it before how you expect them to do it now???
Still, its the irony that the world is full of tyrant rulers, whether on the name of democracy or kingdom or religion. No one, absolutely no one learns any lesson that eventually they all have to save similar results. Ah, we human...
I don't know if he looked half-dead or not....apparently he appeared to be surprisingly alert.....
the egyptians are angry again nothing has happened since the marches and protests in early 2011 against the regime, this court case is nothing but a piece of theater to stop the youth taking to the streets again!