Egypt: Protesters Return To Streets After Court Dismisses 2011 Arab Spring Deaths Against Mubarak

Thousands of Egyptians are staging protests
across universities in Cairo to display their
anger at a court’s decision to dismiss criminal
charges against Former President Hosni
Mubarak for the deaths of protesters in the
2011 Egypt uprising, according to a Reuters
report.
On Saturday, an Egyptian court dismissed a case
against Mubarak for the deaths of about 900
protesters at the hands of police and army personnel
who sought to bring an end to nationwide protests
that eventually led to the resignation of former
President Hosni Mubarak.
Charges of complicity in protesters’ deaths were also
dropped against Mubarak’s two sons and several
other senior members of Mubarak’s administration at
the time of the 2011 uprising.
Mubarak’s acquittal over the deaths of protesters has
reinforced concerns in the country that the 2011
uprising was in vain as the country is still being led
by a military officer, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who
has imposed harsh limitations on press freedom and
political expression in the country.
Despite Saturday’s court ruling, Former
President Mubarak is expected to remain
incarcerated in a military hospital while he serves
the remainder of a 3 year sentence for corruption.