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Updated at 4.56pm
AN EGYPTIAN COURT has ordered the release of former president Hosni Mubarak, according to judicial sources in the country.
The court has ordered he be allowed free from detention while he stands trial for corruption and killing protesters.
There is no indication as to whether the release of the 85-year-old is imminent. In the past, prosecutors have levelled new charges against Mubarak each time he has been granted release to ensure he remains in detention.
Should Mubarak be freed, he still faces charges of corruption and complicity in the deaths of protesters during the early 2011 uprising that overthrew him, with his next hearing scheduled for Sunday.
Today’s development threatens to add a volatile new element to the political turmoil that has left nearly 1,000 people dead in a week of clashes between Islamists and security forces.
- Additional reporting by AFP
- An earlier version of this story appeared at 2pm
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The real agenda of the military is now exposed.
read again – it’s not the first time the detention time has expired. Do I detect some Clonskeagh spin on this story?
I hope they do re-arrest him, otherwise it’s playing straight into the Muslim Brotherhoods hands.
They will be rightly pi**ed off if he is re-arrested :-) but will still carry on trying to take over the world like Pinky and the Brain.
I mean the Islamist Brotherhood, not the Egyptians
I’m pretty sure the Muslim Brotherhood want nothing more than to keep him in jail, not released. They were the party that helped oust him, we’re they not?
@ Amy, naw, his release would add to their sense of grievance, keeping him in would deprive them of that.
Who knew Hosni was a member of FF
The Mummy has been sprung….the coup is complete!
Yes the Mummy Returns nice one.
It is clear that the military is choosing Nationalism over Islamism.
This is good for Egypt.
Seoirse, wow! This is the military that is backed up by the USA right. So you approve?
Some the narrow minded, racist s**te that pops up on this about muslims is ridiculous. A democratically elected government were outed by military force. Mass murder has taken place and people still manage to point the finger at the Muslim Brotherhood. Joke.
Yes the MB are the good guys, all they wanted to do was impose sharia law and those pesky Egyptians didn’t like it and wanted them out. Shame on them. Lets go down to clonskeagh HQ and console then
In fact the Egyptian people voted two-thirds for Morsi’s Islamist Constitution.
Mass murder has taken place, Emmet, and it’s despicable; but the MB are no angels either. They’ve been attacking and/or burning Christian churches for years (this is well documented), and also favour sharia law being enshrined in the constitution. It’s very hard to see a positive outcome, whatever transpires in the future.
He touted himself as a moderate before the elections in which weren’t exactly the fairest or most straightforward. He started to give himself greater power once in charge and the people realised what a mistake it was. No chance he was going to give up power and call fresh elections. I don’t agree with the military having power either and would like to see a new elected government sooner than later.
2 people favour sharia law. Luckily its entirely compatible with the irish red thumbers lifestyles. Women talking up the benefits of islamofascist rule is just incredible to me. Absolutely bananas
Once its a fair, Christian goverment backed by the US. Then we call all sleep in peace.
Ahe ahem
Read this balanced piece http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/cairo-egypt-morsi-arab-spring-1047733-Aug2013/
Over 600 protestors executed by the military. 35 protestors that were in custody murdered by the military. Lets remember this was a democratically elected government.
Which the majority of people protested to have removed if you remember, the army were seen as heroes the day they stepped in to help.
On point Emmer
It wasnt a majority of people. there were probably 2 million demonstrators in Cairo. Cairo has 20 million people. These were largely the secular demonstrators of 2011 who have always felt the MB hijacked their revolution by having the temerity to beat them in elections. Like it or not the Egyptian people have never been secular outside the trendy urban middle class.
How many signed the pettion to have their freedom restored instead of the Islamofacism that Morsi conned them into voting for?
Where is his ‘re-trail’ to? Somewhere nice I hope
The Egyptian Army seem to be well aware of what and who they are dealing with unlike the unfortunate Egyptian Police men who are being lynched by the fans of the peace loving MB.
”he still faces charges of corruption and complicity in the deaths of protesters during the early 2011 uprising that overthrew him, with his next hearing scheduled for Sunday.”
with his friends in power once more – there is little chance that he will serve much more jail time .. ironic that the US puppet and Torturer is being freed on the day Bradley Manning get a severe jail sentence for showing the crimes of the USA .
I meant Emmet, sorry.
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