There are reports that Hosni Mubarak will be tried in Cairo for his alleged role in killing protesters. So far it looks like it will be a closed trial with limited access for the media, says Hisham Kassem, former publisher of Al-Masry Al-Youm (The Egyptian Today), Egypt’s independent daily paper. He discusses the news of the trial and what this means for Egypt.
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