Egypt: Ex-ruler Hosni Mubarak, Accused in Deaths of Hundreds, Cleared of Charges
November 29th, 2014Via: CNN:
Egypt’s former longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak was effectively cleared of charges in a retrial Saturday and could soon be released — a stunning reversal for a man who faced life imprisonment or worse after a revolution toppled him in 2011.
A Cairo judge dismissed charges linking Mubarak to the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 revolt — reversing the former strongman’s convictions in 2012 — and found him not guilty of corruption.
Mubarak, who ruled Egypt as president for 29 years, was stoic as his supporters in the courtroom cheered the decision that capped a monthslong retrial. The 86-year-old, reclining on a hospital gurney behind a defendants’ cage, nodded while fellow defendants kissed him on the head.
