Saturday, June 2, 2012

Egypt Fresh News - Hosni Mubarak sentenced to life

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday, June 2, 2012 for ordering the killings of protesters during the uprising that swept Egypt last year.

Quoted by Reuters, the judge also sentenced former Interior Minister Habib el-Adli life in prison on similar charges.

Meanwhile, CNN reported the atmosphere in the courtroom was chaotic because the protesters did not accept the victim's family with the verdict. They stood on a chair and held up their fist in the air and shouted sentence verdict was not enough. Mubarak and the judge then removed from the courtroom chaos.

The verdict handed down by Judge Ahmed Refaat is a final round of Mubarak's rule in three decades, the power to remove the iron hand of Egypt, which ended in February 2011.

According to Amnesty International, about 840 people died and more than 6,000 others wounded in the uprising.

Former Interior Minister Habib El Adly also convicted for ordering the security forces killed protesters and sentenced to life imprisonment. El Adly previously sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges of corruption and money laundering. But the judge to clean child-Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, Mubarak and several helpers.

Mubarak and his sons arrived Saturday morning in Cairo Police Academy, where the trial was held under tight security. Lined up behind police barricades to separate the demonstrators.

Hundreds of people outside the court chanted "Execution is the only solution" and "He who kills shall die.". Families of those killed during the protest poster displaying family photos of the dead, while dozens of Mubarak supporters chanted "Mubarak is innocent." viva