Live Update from Hosni Mubarak Trial in Cairo

The Takeaway

Millions around the world have been captivated this morning by the televised feed of the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. Courtroom cameras show Mubarak dressed in white, laying on a gurney inside a cage  constructed in a makeshift courtroom in Cairo’s police academy. Mubarak, his two sons, the former Egyptian interior minister, and six senior police officials stand accused of  corruption  and ordering the killings of protesters during the uprising the brought an end of Mubarak’s three decade long rule. Kristen Chick, Cairo correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, has been observing the scene outside the trial.

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