Mubarak Moved to House Arrest
August 22, 2013
by VOA News
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been released from prison Thursday, adding another potentially complicating element to the country's ongoing turmoil.
A helicopter picked up 85-year-old Mubarak at Cairo's Tora prison on Thursday and flew him to a military hospital near the capital, where he will be placed under house arrest.
He was placed under house arrest according to an order Wednesday by Egypt's military-installoed prime minister.
Mubarak is still facing trial on murder and corruption charges linked to his 30 years in power, including charges that he failed to stop the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his rule.
He was convicted on the charges last year and sentenced to life in prison. But a court later ordered a retrial, which was under way when a Cairo court ordered his conditional release on Wednesday.
Earlier this week , an Egyptian court also cleared Mubarak of charges that he and his sons stole public money for presidential palaces.
Mubarak's ouster led to Mohamed Morsi becoming Egypt's president, before he was toppled by the military on July 3 and arrested.
The army installed an interim government that has been cracking down on Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.
Egyptian authorities say at least 1,000 people have been killed in political violence since early July. The Brotherhood says the toll is much higher.
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