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| Egyptian figures urge 'revolutionary trial' of Mubarak | |
| 2012-06-06 | |
| [Iran Press TV] Senior Egyptian political figures have denounced the court ruling to jail Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... for life, demanding a 'revolutionary trial' of the former dictator and his regime figures, Press TV reports.
The figures met to discuss the demands of the revolutionary forces. In addition to the need for the revolutionary trial of Mubarak, they agreed on some other core demands such as establishing a presidential council, a trial of the Mubarak regime figures by the revolutionaries and applying political isolation to the remnants of the toppled regime. Morsi also vowed to spare no effort until the demands of the Egyptian people are fulfilled. The meeting came as several Egyptian political groups called on the people to attend mass demonstrations on Tuesday to protest against the life sentence issued for Hosni Mubarak in his trial and demand a tougher punishment. Many Egyptians are outraged that the court has spared the lives of Mubarak and his interior minister, Habib al-Adli, who were involved in the killing of nearly 900 protesters during the revolution. Six police chiefs were also acquitted of wrongdoing in their trials. The verdicts sparked fierce festivities between the families of the victims and security officials inside the court while angry spectators called the court illegitimate and demanded that Mubarak be executed. On Monday, hundreds of students of Cairo University marched to Tahrir Square to demand Dire Revenge™ for the deaths of the revolutionary protesters, the retrial of Mubarak and other defendants and the disqualification of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, Mubarak's former prime minister, in the upcoming runoff election. | |
| Posted by:Fred |