About Arab Spring
The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across North Africa and the Middle East in late 2010. It began in response to oppressive regimes and a low standard of living, beginning with protests in Tunisia.
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Hosni Mubarak: Egypt's military holds the funeral for the ousted President
Egypt 's current President, praised Hosni Mubarak was kept in the Military service
A Military funeral, in Egypt former President Hosni Mubarak , died on Tuesday at the age of 91.
Mubarak's sons, Alaa and Gamal, walked in procession with soldiers, which included, besides his coffin, as it were, in a mosque in Cairo built by the Military , where The Ceremony took place.
The government declared Three Days of national mourning.
Mubarak was forced from office by a Arab Spring , the popular uprising in 2011 after 30 years in power.
He spent the next Six Years in prison, or in Military hospitals during the standing examination on various charges.
In 2012, Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison after he was of complicity in the murder of protesters during the uprising. But he was eventually cleared after an appeal is free.
He was also a three-year prison sentence for embezzlement of public funds.
reported by state media, he died in a Cairo hospital after an Operation.
Egyptians who gathered about Mubarak's legacySally Nabil, Bbc News , Cairo
dozens of Hosni Mubarak supporters, many dressed in black, outside the mosque, where The Funeral service was held. Signs of gratitude for Egypt , "the greatest leader is stopped".
"He was a wise man, told again and again in This Country stable for 30 years," a middle-aged man to me.
stability of Mubarak was the watchword. He took pride in keeping Everything Under control during his long autocratic rule. But this came at a massive price, according to his critics.
supporters of Hosni Mubarak gathered in front of the Tantawi mosqueEgyptians who took part in the revolution of 2011, saying he was a corrupt dictator. You hold him responsible for the problems Egypt is suffering at the moment.
"It's all part of his terrible legacy," a young man said.
Some people on Social Media wondered why Mubarak was given a burial, as he had been convicted of corruption. She compared his treatment of his deposed successor Mohammed Mursi, who died last year, while in court, and was buried overnight, with only a few members of His Family present.
Morsi was an Islamist, but, while Mubarak was one of the Military - an institution that has dominated Egypt 's political scene for More Than six decades.
While some Egyptians Mubarak's consider a figure from The Past , that a considerable number believe that the time when he was in power, was better than it is now. You say that he left a small space for freedom of expression, in contrast to the current President.
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has expressed "deep condolences" for Mubarak's family.
A statement paid tribute to his Military service during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. But to not mention it, his time as President.
"[He was] one of The Heroes of the glorious October war, when he'd made the Air Force led during The War , and proud of the Arab nation," it said.
Egypt 's top Military officials were expected to attend The FuneralMr Sisi to participate served as Mubarak's Military Intelligence chief, and led to the Military overthrow of his democratically elected successor, Mohammed Morsi, in 2013.
Since then, he has overseen an unprecedented crackdown on dissent, in which tens of thousands of people were arrested according to reports in the festival, hundreds have been disappeared, preliminary deaths sentences, and hundreds more handed down.
hosni mubarak, egypt
Source of news: bbc.com
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