Cairo court drops case against Mubarak for protester deaths
An Egyptian court has dropped its case against former president Hosni Mubarak over the killing of 239 protesters in the 2011 revolt that ended his three-decade rule. (Reuters)
“I never did anything wrong, so I just waited for what the court would present and I was declared innocent,” former Egyptian president says.CAIRO — A Cairo court dropped its case Saturday against former president Hosni Mubarak on charges that he ordered police to kill hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising, in a ruling that rights activists said demonstrates the impunity enjoyed by ex-regime figures three years after the pro-democracy revolt.
