10 Kuwaiti lawyers to defend Mubarak

corruption and authorising the killing of protesters, the state news agency MENA said last Friday.
The Kuwaitis will be coming on board for the third session of his trial scheduled for today, MENA said without giving reasons for the move.
Analysts said close ties between Kuwait and the Mubarak family and respect for Egypt’s support of Kuwait after it was invaded by Iraq in 1990 prompted the lawyers’ decision.
Other countries in the Arab Gulf region also view the Mubarak trial with dismay, since he was not only viewed as a friend of rulers there but a mainstay of the Arab political architecture during his three decades in power.
Mubarak, forced to step down in February after weeks of popular protests, is on trial for authorising the use of force which resulted in the death of some 850 demonstrators.
He also faces charges of corruption and abuse of power. – Reuters.

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