“The lion is back in his den!” said Rehab Abdel Halim, a paratrooper who befriended Mr. Mubarak after he gave her a service award in 2009. Years of trials for Mr. Mubarak, on a wide range of charges, ultimately yielded a single conviction on a minor corruption charge. After being convicted in 2012 for the deaths of protesters, Mr. Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison. Rowdy public protests against Mr. Mubarak fizzled under draconian anti-protest laws Mr. Sisi introduced. Mr. Mubarak was the last person in his government to remain in detention.

Source: New York Times March 24, 2017 10:33 UTC