13/03/2017
Prosecutor Orders Release Of Deposed Egyptian Leader Mubarak
Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak was ordered to be freed from detention on Monday, according to the prosecutor who signed his release order, The Associated Press reports. The decision ends nearly six years of legal proceedings against Mubarak and seems certain to revive the ongoing debate over whether the goals of the 2011 uprising that ended his reign were ever realized. The prosecutor, Ibrahim Saleh, told The Associated Press that he ordered Mubarak's release after he accepted a petition by the former president's lawyer for his freedom on the basis of time already served.There is not a single reason to keep him in detention and the police must execute the order. He is free to go.?...
