Two high officials from Mubarak era, Nazif and El-Adly, were acquitted of corruption

Former Minister of Interior Habib El-Adly in court
(Image: Ahram-Online)

Two prominent high ranking officials from the ear of long-standing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Ahmed Nazif and Habib El-Adly, were acquitted by the Cairo Court of corruption charges.

Ahmed Nazif, who was appointed as a Prime Minister by Hosni Mubarak and served on this position for the period of time since 2004 till 2004, and Habib El-Adly, who a close aide of Hosni Mubarak and served as a Minister of Interior in 1997-2011 and was in his position during the January 25 Revolution as well, were accused of corruption in April 2011. The Court has accused them of awarding L.E. 92 million contract for manufacturing the license plates to a German car company without proper tender, as it is regulated by the law.

Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak and his aides acquitted of murder charges, as Egyptians protest the court verdict

Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian former President ousted after 18 days
of protests in 2011
(Image: Egyptian Streets)

Egyptian Criminal Court judge has dropped all charges against Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak, his sons Alaa and Gamal, former Interior Minister Habib El-Adly and six his aides. The court session was held on Saturday, 29 November, in Cairo Police Academy.

Thus, the Court dropped the murder cases against Hosni Mubarak in relation to the killing of more than 800 protesters and injuring more than 1500 demonstrators across the country during 18 days of uprising in January-February 2011. The judge stated he dropped the criminal case against Hosni Mubarak because the earlier decision of the Prosecution, taken in March 2011, lacked basis to bring criminal case against the ousted President Hosni Mubarak. In addition to that the statute of limitations against Hosni Mubarak, his sons, his former Interior Minister and six aides has experied, according to the Judge.

Egypt: Hosni Mubarak’s trial adjourned till 19 October

Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak during the court
session
(Image: BBC)

Cairo Criminal Court has declared during its Saturday’s session that the trial of Egypt’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons Gamal and Alaa, former Interior Minister Habib El-Adly and six aides to be adjourned till 19 October 2013.

The Court has also announced the dates of the planned court sessions to listen to the testimonies of the defendants and the witnesses, among them Atef Ebeid, who was Prime Minister under Hosni Mubarak, Major General Hassan El-Roweiny, former member of SCAF, Agmed Gamal El-Deen, former Interior Minister, Sherif Ismail, who is currently Petroleum Minister. The sessions are expected to be held on 19, 20, 21 October and won’t be aired on TV due to the national security reasons.

Egypt’s ex-President’s Hosni Mubarak’s retrial postponed till 14 September

The shot from the Egypt's State TV showing Egypt's
ex-President Hosni Mubarak during the retrial

Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak ousted in 2011 after 18-days uprising against his rule faced on Sunday, 25 August, the sixth session of his retrial.

Hosni Mubarak is standing retrial in the case of killing the peaceful demonstrators during January 25 Revolution in 2011. Egypt’s former President faces these accusations together with his ex-Minister of Interior Habib El-Adly and six aides, high ranking security forces officials. The historical trial of the former President and his co-defendants was held in summer 2013 and in June they’ve been announced guilty and received life in prison sentence. Though later after the appeal of Hosni Mubarak’s lawyer Fareed El-Deeb Hosni Mubarak and also Habib El-Adly and six aides have been granted retrial due to the new evidences in the case and irregularities during the first trial.