Srikandi - Gelanggang Mesir telah menemui bekas Presiden Hosni Mubarak
tidak bersalah bersubahat untuk membunuh beratus-ratus penunjuk perasaan semasa
pemberontakan 2011, yg membawa kpd penyingkirannya. Dia terus dilepaskan
atas tuduhan rasuah berasingan.
Menangani wartawan yang hadir, Hakim Mahmud Kamel al-Rashidi
memberi amaran kepada media mereka perlu menempah penghakiman sehingga mereka
tlh membaca 1,430 keputusan yang besar dalam keseluruhan.
Protest follows verdict to acquit Egypt’s ex-leader Mubarak
of murder conspiracy charges
An Egyptian court has found former president Hosni Mubarak
not guilty of conspiring to kill hundreds of protesters during the 2011
uprising, which led to his ouster. He was further exonerated on separate
corruption charges.
Addressing journalists in attendance, chief judge Mahmud
Kamel al-Rashidi warned the media they should reserve judgment until they had read
the massive 1,430 verdict in its entirety.
Surreal. 1,430 muka surat Mubarak keputusan dibalut dengan
reben Mesir- berwarna-bendera (Surreal. 1,430 pages of Mubarak verdict wrapped
in Egyptian-flag-colored ribbons). 4:43 PM - 29
Nov 2014
The former leader had been charged along with seven of his
former police com-manders for the death of 239 protesters – a fraction of the
850 people activists believe died in the unrest. Judge al-Rashidi said the
charges had been politically motivated and did not deserve to be tried in his
court. Mubarak's interior minister Habib el-Adly and six aides were also found
not guilty of conspiracy to commit murder.
LANJUT: #Mubarak didapati tidak bersalah atas tuduhan yang
berkaitan dengan perjanjian gas rasuah dengan Israel (MORE: #Mubarak found not
guilty of charges related to corrupt gas deal with Israel). http://RT.com
4:59 PM - 29 Nov
2014
The court further found that neither Mubarak, his aides, nor
his two sons, Gamal and Alaa, were guilty of corruption charges stemming from a
controversial gas deal with Israel. Hussein Salem, a businessman and longtime
confident of Mubarak, was similarly found not guilty after being tried in
absentia.
#Mubarak Bertindak balas dengan pembebasan rasuah (#Mubarak reacts to
corruption acquittal). 4:58 PM -
29 Nov 2014
Despite the verdict, Mubarak will not be released from prison immediately, as he is serving a 3-year sentence for embezzling public funds. Following the reading of the verdict, Mubarak said he had done "nothing wrong."
Cheers, tepukan di mahkamah sebagai anak-anak # Hosni Mubarak
memeluk autocrat yang digulingkan selepas mereka mengetahui mereka membebaskan
daripada semua tuduhan (Cheers, applause in courtroom as Hosni #Mubarak's sons embrace
the toppled autocrat after they find out they are acquitted of all charges) 5:06 PM - 29 Nov
2014
Mubarak was initially sentenced to life imprisonment for the
deaths in 2012, along with former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly. That
sentence was later overturned by an appeals court on a technicality.
Upwards of 5,000 police officers had been deployed to provide
security at the courthouse, though passions have waned since he was first
deposed nearly 4 years ago. Anticipating any potential outbursts in the
courtroom, prior to reading the verdict, the judge warned that anyone who
disrupted the court could face a year in prison.
Saturday's verdict had initially been slated for September
27, but Judge al-Rashidi postponed it, saying he had not had ample time to
write out his reasoning in light of the thousands of case filed presented
during the retrial.
LibyaLiberty: Mubarak dan kroni tinggi sekarang "(@LibyaLiberty: Mubarak and cronies
high fiving right now. #MubarakTrial pic.twitter.com/WRodtCd66m)" 6:08 PM - 29
Nov 2014
Meahwhile, Mubarak's Islamist successor Mohammad Morsi, who
was himself toppled by Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in July 2013, has
been put on trial for incitement to commit murder and violence. Ironically,
perhaps, many of those charges stem from the anti-Mubarak uprising, as well as
the army-led coup that drove him from power.
He is also facing espionage charges.
Following a massive crackdown against Morsi's Muslim
Brotherhood, nearly 1,000 were killed and thousands more were arrested. Several
secular and liberal youth activists have also been imprisoned for staging
unauthorized protests following Morsi’s ouster.
Saturday's verdict will further fuel fears that Mubarak-era
rulers are regaining lost ground.
RT contributor Bel Trew said despite the muted response, a
public response was likely to come once Mubarak is actually released from jail.
Later in the evening, protesters began gathering near Cairo's
iconic Tahrir Square to voice their frustration with the verdict. No violence
or arrests have been reported thus far. On Saturday afternoon, security forces
shut down the iconic square, following the announcement of the verdict. The
closure of the square followed reports that families of slain protesters
planned to head to the famed site, which served as the epicenter of the protest
movement that swept Mubarak from power.
The head of the Cairo traffic authority, Hamdy El-Hadidi,
told Al-Ahram Arabic news website that security forces had ramped up their
presence on the roads leading to the square. A protester is currently live streaming outside
of Tahrir Square, where the crowd has considerably swelled over the past
several hours.
Belabored by years of unrest, Al-Sisi has made jump starting
Egypt's flagging economy a top priority. Critics say he has largely ignored the
desire for democratic freedoms, which brought Mubarak down after ruling the
country for three-decades. He is further attempting to mend relations with
foreign and regional powers who didn't support the manner in which Morsi, the
democratically elected president, was driven from power.
The military-backed government's fear of protests became
apparent on Friday, when a little-known Islamist group's failed effort to organize
a successful protest did not stop authorities from locking down Cairo. Two
Egyptian army officers were killed in two separate drive by shootings that took
place in Cairo and the northern province of Qalioubiya. A police conscript was
also killed in Giza.
Four civilians were also killed during anti-government
demonstrations and unrest around the country.
