BBC Online :
The trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of 850 unarmed protesters during Egypt’s popular uprising in 2011 has resumed.
Mubarak, his former interior minister Habib al-Adly and several other high-ranking officials have been charged over the deaths.
Mubarak is expected to testify in his own defence at Wednesday’s hearing.
Adly, who has already taken the stand, told the court he made security decisions on the day to limit the number of protesters in Tahrir Square and still believed he was “100 percent correct”.
“It was a wise decision,” he told the court.
Mubarak came to power in 1981, taking over after President Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
In January 2011, embolded after seeing people in neighbouring Tunisia overthrow their long-time leader, tens of thousands of Egyptians took to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, calling for more jobs, democracy and the end of Mubarak’s rule.
Security forces and Mubarak’s supporters tried to crush the demonstrations. After 18 days of protests, more than 850 protesters were killed.
On February 11, 2011, his vice president, Omar Suleiman, announced Mubarak’s resignation.
