Tag: Mubarak

Egyptian court drops murder case against Mubarak

An Egyptian court dismissed Saturday a murder charge against former president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters during a 2011 uprising, after a...

Egypt Brotherhood urges demos, ex-officials’ retrial

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday called for demonstrations demanding the retrial of those responsible for protester deaths during last year’s popular uprising against Hosni...

Egypt’s Mubarak in coma as tension spikes over successor

Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was Wednesday in a coma on life support at a Cairo hospital, sources said, as tension spiked over who will succeed...

Egypt’s Mubarak is clinically dead

Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak was declared clinically dead after he was transferred to hospital from prison on Tuesday, state media reported, after his heart...

Egyptians choose new president amid political chaos

Egyptians voted on Saturday in a run-off presidential election pitting an Islamist against Hosni Mubarak’s last premier as the military rulers entered a showdown...

New trial of Mubarak sons begins July 9

Deposed president Hosni Mubarak's sons Alaa and Gamal will face a new trial on July 9 on corruption charges after they were acquitted by...

Mubarak defibrillated twice

Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who has been in critical condition since moving to prison, was defibrillated twice after his heart stopped on Monday,...

Hosni Mubarak gets life sentence

A judge sentenced former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to life in prison on Saturday after convicting him of involvement in the murder of protesters...

Rulers’ fate to be worse than Hosni Mubarak’s: JI chief

Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hasan has said Muslim rulers who are supporting the US and the West in its anti-Islam designs are destined to meet...

Mubarak defence challenges death penalty call

Hosni Mubarak’s main lawyer on Tuesday challenged prosecution calls for Egypt’s former president to be hanged for the deaths of protesters, saying there is...

Mubarak trial resumes after three-month break

The murder trial of Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak resumed Wednesday after a three-month hiatus that saw the ousted strongman’s fate eclipsed by deadly...

Egyptians begin voting in first post-Mubarak poll

Egyptians began voting Monday morning in the first elections since the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak who was ousted in February in one of...

Mubarak sons held $340 million in Switzerland

The two sons of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak held $340 million in now frozen assets in Swiss bank accounts, deputy justice minister Assem...

Egypt’s former vice-president testifies at Mubarak trial

Egypt’s former intelligence chief who was also briefly vice president, Omar Suleiman, began giving testimony on Tuesday at the trial of ousted President Hosni...

Egypt army ruler testimony at Mubarak trial delayed

The head of Egypt's ruling army council postponed his appearance at the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, saying he was busy with the...

‘False testimony’ by police witness in Mubarak trial

A police chief in court as a witness in former president Hosni Mubarak’s trial was charged with giving “false testimony” on Wednesday, following charges...

Egypt media hails Mubarak trial a success for him

Ex-president Hosni Mubarak came out well from his third appearance at trial without being implicated by witnesses in firing at protesters during the revolt...