Ousted Egypt president Mubarak freed from detention — lawyer
Former leader cleared for release after a top court acquits him of involvement in protester deaths during 2011 revolt that toppled him
CAIRO — Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak left a military hospital on Friday where he had spent much of his six-year detention, his lawyer said.
Mubarak had been cleared for release earlier this month after a top court finally acquitted him of involvement in protester deaths during the 2011 revolt that ousted him.
“Yes,” his lawyer Farid al-Deeb told AFP when asked if Mubarak had left the hospital on Friday.
On Monday al-Deeb said, adding that Mubarak is banned from leaving Egypt pending an ongoing graft investigation.
Mubarak, 88, has been in detention at a military hospital in Cairo, where he has spent most of his time since his arrest in 2011.
Egypt’s top appeals court on March 2 acquitted Mubarak of involvement in the killing of protesters during the revolt that toppled him, ending the final trial for the strongman who ruled for 30 years.
He was accused of inciting the deaths of protesters during the 18-day revolt, in which about 850 people were killed as police clashed with demonstrators.
Amid public anger, prosecutors had leveled various charges against Mubarak following his February 2011 resignation.
Mubarak was sentenced to life in 2012, but an appeals court ordered a retrial, which dismissed the charges two years later.
In January 2016, the appeals court upheld a three-year prison sentence for Mubarak and his two sons on corruption charges.
But the sentence took into account time served. Both his sons, Alaa and Gamal, were freed.
