Hosni Mubarak trial resumes

The Cairo Criminal Court resumed on Wednesday the trial for those accused of killing peaceful protesters during the Egyptian revolution, in which ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons Gamal and Alaa, former Interior Minister Habib El-Adli, and his top six aides have been charged. The court continued hearing the defence arguments of the sixth convict in the trial, Ahmed Ramzi, Assistant to El-Adli, after hearing the defence lawyers of Mubarak and El-Adli in the past few weeks. Mubarak, El-Adli, and six of his aides are facing charges of manslaughter and incitement to murder peaceful protesters in the January revolution, whose legal penalty, if proven guilty, may reach a death sentence. In addition, Mubarak, his sons, and businessman Hussein Salem, who is currently detained in Spain, are charged with graft, financial corruption, and illegal exploitation of their political influence. Official statistics estimated the numbers of protesters killed in the period from January 25 till February 11 last year to be 847 protesters, in addition to around 3000 wounded, of which some are now permanently disabled.