EGYPT: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's lawyer, Fareed al-Deeb, says he expects the former president to be released from jail on Thursday
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EGYPT: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's lawyer, Fareed al-Deeb, says he expects the former president to be released from jail on Thursday
- Title: EGYPT: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's lawyer, Fareed al-Deeb, says he expects the former president to be released from jail on Thursday
- Date: 21st August 2013
- Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (AUGUST 21, 2013) (REUTERS) TORA PRISON/MILITARY COMPOUND WITH SECURITY OUTSIDE MILITARY AND SECURITY STANDING GUARD VARIOUS OF MILITARY VEHICLES ENTERING PRISON GATES (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LAWYER OF FORMER EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK, FAREED AL DEEB, SAYING: ''The court has decided upon his release." (Reporter asking: Has he really been released?) (SOUNDBITE) (English) LAWYER OF FORMER EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK, FAREED AL DEEB, SAYING: ''Yes to release him, but we're waiting some procedures, thank you. (Reporter asks: Will he be released today?) We don't know maybe tomorrow. Okay." EXTERIOR OF TORA PRISON/ MILITARY PRESENCE OUTSIDE PRISON
- Embargoed: 5th September 2013 13:00
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- Country: Egypt
- Topics: Legal System,Politics
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- Story Text: Deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will leave jail as early as Thursday (August 22) after a court ruling that jolted a divided nation already in turmoil seven weeks after the army toppled Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
Convening on Wednesday (August 21) at the Cairo jail where Mubarak is held, the court upheld a petition from his lawyer demanding the release of the man who ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was overthrown during the uprisings that swept the Arab world in early 2011.
Judicial and security sources said the court had ordered Mubarak's release. His lawyer, Fareed al-Deeb, confirmed this as he left Tora prison.
''The court has decided upon his release,'' said al-Deeb adding that he could be released on Thursday depending on some procedures.
Mubarak, 85, was sentenced to life in prison last year for failing to prevent the killing of demonstrators. But a court accepted his appeal earlier this year and ordered a retrial.
The ailing former president probably has no political future. But many Egyptians would see his release as the rehabilitation of an old order that endured through six decades of military-backed rule - and even a reversal of the pro-democracy revolt that toppled him. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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