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Summary The trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been postponed to December 28.
The trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, which was due to resume on Sunday, has been postponed following demands for the appointment of a new judge. A new hearing has been set for December 28.The Cairo criminal court, chaired by Judge Ahmed Refaat, decided to adjourn the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak, his sons Alaa and Gamal, businessman Hussein Salem, former interior minister Habib al-Adly and six of his assistants to December 28.Lawyers for alleged victims of Mubarak in his murder trial have petitioned the court demanding that judge Refaat be replaced.“The court has lost its jurisdiction by not administering the sessions in a manner conforming with the course of justice, one of the victims lawyers, Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsud, said on September 24.The trial will resume once a decision has been taken on the call to replace Refaat, who has defended the courts integrity in previous sessions while lashing out at critics.
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