2013/08 - Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak
Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak left jail on August 22 after a court ruling jolted a divided nation already in turmoil seven weeks after the army toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Convening on August 21 at the Cairo jail where Mubarak is held, the court upheld a petition from his lawyer demanding the release of the man who ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was overthrown during the uprisings that swept the Arab world in early 2011.
Mubarak, 85, was sentenced to life in prison last year for failing to prevent the killing of demonstrators. But a court accepted his appeal earlier this year and ordered a retrial.
At least 900 people, including 100 soldiers and police, have been killed in a crackdown on Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood in August, making it Egypt's bloodiest civil episode in decades. |