Mubarak’s 4th trial to be held in Cairo

The fourth trial session of Egypt’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak is set to be held inside a police academy in the Egyptian capital Cairo.

Mubarak is due to appear before a court for the fourth time on Wednesday without cameras as Judge Ahmed Refaat has imposed a broadcast ban, Reuters reported.

Refaat ordered the ban in an attempt to protect witnesses who give testimonies about Mubarak’s role in the killing of protesters during the Egyptian revolution.

Mubarak will be tried along with his two sons Gamal and Alaa, his former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly and six senior police officers.

The ousted dictator and the others are charged with ordering the deliberate killing of peaceful protesters during the January revolution, which put an end to Mubarak’s 30-year-rule.

Mubarak arrived at the site of the court by helicopter to attend his trial.

The trial resumed after a nearly three-week recess which had been ordered to give officials time to review the evidence in the case.

During the trials, Mubarak appeared in the courtroom on a stretcher inside a black metal cage after being flown by a military plane from a hospital in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.

He was summoned to the court after medical examinations proved that he was healthy enough to stand trial. Mubarak and his sons, however, pleaded not guilty and denied all charges.

Mubarak is the first Arab leader to stand trial in person since popular uprisings began in the Arab world.

According to the Amnesty International, nearly 850 protesters were killed during the historic revolution in Egypt.