The State Council’s Administrative Court on Tuesday adjourned until 30 October a lawsuit demanding the release of former President Hosni Mubarak for health reasons.
On 2 June, Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Mubarak and former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly to 25 years in prison for failing to prevent the deaths of protesters during the 25 January revolution, the maximum possible sentence under Egyptian law.
The verdict sparked outrage among Egyptians, particularly as six major figures in the Interior Ministry were acquitted of the same charges. Judge Ahmed Refaat stated that the evidence did not prove that the police had killed demonstrators.
Two volunteer lawyers filed the lawsuit, in which they said Mubarak’s health condition requires close medical observation that is not available in the prison hospital. They referred to the Prisons Act, which authorizes the release of convicts if it is proven that they suffer life-threatening diseases that cannot be treated in prison.
The public prosecutor in August ordered that Mubarak remain in the prison hospital, based on a report by a medical committee that had concluded that his health is generally stable and controlled with drug therapy.
Edited translation from MENA
