Mubarak trial: Ex-Egyptian president due back in court
CAIRO. August 15. KAZINFORM The trial of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is expected to resume in the capital, Cairo; Kazinform refers to BBC.
Mr Mubarak, 83, faces the death penalty if found guilty of ordering the killing of protesters in this year's uprising.
He is also accused of corruption. The former leader - who was wheeled on a hospital bed into the courtroom earlier this month - denies all the charges.
Mr Mubarak is being tried with his sons Alaa and Gama, who are also accused of corruption. They deny the charges.
Mr Mubarak was forced from office by mass demonstrations in February.
On Sunday, Egypt's former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and reappeared in the Cairo court on charges of killing nearly 850 demonstrators during the uprising.
Adly has already been sentenced to 12 years in prison for money-laundering.
In a separate development, leading Egyptian blogger Asmaa Mahfouz was on Sunday questioned for allegedly defaming the military on Facebook, the official Mena news agency reported.
Ms Mahfouz, one of the leader of the Egyptian revolution, is suspected of calling for assassination attacks against the military and judicial bodies.
She was briefly detained by military prosecutors and later released on a bail of $3,356, Mena says. Her lawyer denied all the accusations.
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