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Mubarak verdict revives Egypt protests

2012-06-03 12 Dailymotion

It's a bitter morning in Tahrir.<br/> <br />Cries for a new revolution and redemption for martyrs fill the Egyptian square.<br/> <br />On Saturday Hosni Mubarak, the president they brought down last year, and his interior minister were sentenced to life in prison.<br/> <br />But the ruling brought little satisfaction as six top security officials responsible for overseeing police when hundreds of protesters died will walk free.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN, MOHAMED ABDEL LATIF, SAYING:<br/> <br />"People died, so other people need to be executed. (The judge) announced a very strange verdict, and I think that he himself is not satisfied with it and he's responsible for the stir up."<br/> <br />The former president, his sons and a business associate were also acquitted on financial charges.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DEMONSTRATOR, AHMED METWALY, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Who committed these crimes against the people? Who killed the revolutionaries? Did we kill them? Did we kill ourselves? Who squandered the country's resources, did we do that?"<br/> <br />Outcry over the verdicts is reviving street protests across the country.<br/> <br />And many political figures and activists are pushing for a retrial.<br/> <br />Lindsey Parietti, Reuters

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