Hosni Mubarak Gets Life for Ordering Killings
Deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison on Saturday at a Cairo court for ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that swept him from power last year.
Presiding judge Ahmed Refaat also sentenced his former interior minister, Habib Adli, to life in prison on the same charge.
Hosni Mubarak governed Egypt for 30 years before the popular Arab Spring uprising that toppled him last year.
For more, go to [Haaret.com
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