A look at Mubarak’s trial from Cairo
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is back in court this morning. The 83-year-old deposed former president faces charges of corruption and murder for hundreds of protesters in the January uprising. The BBC’s Yolande Knell is following the former president’s trial in Cairo and tells us about the circus surrounding the proceedings in Cairo as the former president appears in prison garb behind a steal cage as the streets erupt in protest for and against Mubarak.
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