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A car burns after commemorations of the anniversary of the 2011 uprising turned in to clashes in Matareya, Cairo, Egypt, on January 25, 2015. (EPA/AHMED TARANH / ALMASRY ALYOUM EGYPT OUT)
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Hosni Mubarak returns to the hospital where he is being held under house arrest after attending a trial session in Cairo on November 29, 2014 where he was cleared of all charges. (EPA/Khaled Elfiqi)
Egyptian court drops case against Mubarak over 2011 protester deaths
Cairo, Reuters—An Egyptian court on Saturday dropped its case against ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his interior minister and six aides on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolt that removed him from power. The court also cleared...Caption:
Dressed in white, Mahmoud Salah, left, and Awad Suleiman, right, stand in the dock during their trial for the murder of 28-year-old Khaled Said in June 2010. (AFP Photo)
Egypt: Police officers jailed for murder of Khaled Said
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced two police officers to 10 years in prison for the murder of Khaled Said, an Egyptian from Alexandria whose brutal death helped spark to the eruption of the revolution in Egypt in 2011. The two police...Caption:
Water is sprayed at protestors as they clash with police in Cairo on January 25, 2011 (Photo © Reuters/Amr Dalsh)
Opinion: The Revolution was a Revolution
I feel uncomfortable with the new wave of descriptions and words which slip into people’s minds through the small screen and from the new books that are being peddled around. They all revolve around one point—that the Egyptian revolution was not spontaneous, but was...Caption:
Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi pray during a protest near Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo, Egypt, 04 August 2013. (EPA/KHALED ELFIQI.)