Widespread Egyptian Dissatisfaction On The Conviction Of Hosni Mubarak And The Acquital Of His Sons

Celebration And Dissatisfaction Greet Mubarak Verdict -- BBC

After a long wait in the harsh sun outside Cairo's Police Academy courthouse, relatives of some of those killed in last year's uprising were quick to celebrate the life sentences handed down to the ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his hated interior minister Habib al-Adly, for complicity to murder.

There were loud cracks of fireworks and groups marched jubilantly past the surrounding lines of riot police shouting "Egypt, Egypt" and "God is great".

Some kissed the concrete beneath their feet and kneeled in prayer.

The first signs of dissatisfaction came from inside the courtroom when six police commanders were cleared of involvement in the deaths of the protesters. A corruption case against Mubarak and his two sons was also dismissed.

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Protests erupt in Egypt over Hosni Mubarak verdicts -- BBC
Egypt's Mubarak Gets Life Imprisonment in Historic Trial -- Voice of America
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