Mubarak acquitted over 2011 protester killings

Egypt’s top appeals court has found Hosni Mubarak innocent of involvement in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule, in a final ruling that could see the former president walk free. After an all-day hearing on Thursday at the Court of Cassation, Judge Ahmed Abdel Qawi announced: “The court […]

Egypt’s top appeals court has found Hosni Mubarak innocent of involvement in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule, in a final ruling that could see the former president walk free.
After an all-day hearing on Thursday at the Court of Cassation, Judge Ahmed Abdel Qawi announced: “The court has found the defendant innocent.”
The court also rejected demands by lawyers of the victims to reopen civil suits, leaving no remaining option for appeal or retrial.
Mubarak was accused of inciting the deaths of nearly 900 protesters in an 18-day uprising that began on January 25, 2011, that ended when he stepped down the next month.
He had been sentenced to life in 2012 but an appeals court ordered a retrial, which dismissed the charges two years later.
Mubarak, 88, has spent most of his time in a military hospital since his arrest in 2011.