Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday left a military hospital in southern Cairo, returning home for the first time since being forced to step down after a 2011 popular uprising.
\n\u201cWe carried out the decision to release the former president who is now on his way to his residence in Cairo\u2019s Misr al-Gedida district,\u201d Farid al-Dib, Mubarak\u2019s lawyer said.
\nEarlier this month, an Egyptian prosecutor ordered Mubarak\u2019s release from custody for the first time since 2011.
\nMubarak, who ruled Egypt for more than three decades, was forced to relinquish executive power to the army in February 2011 after 18 days of countrywide protests.
\nTwo months later, he was put on trial to face multiple charges, including corruption, abuse of power and involvement in the murder of hundreds of anti-regime demonstrators by Egyptian security forces.
\nAfter several trials, appeals and retrials, however, he was ultimately cleared of the charges against him.
\nThe only charge for which he was convicted was the illegal appropriation of state funds to refurbish several of his family\u2019s lavish personal residences.
\nIn 2012, an Egyptian court slapped Mubarak with a life sentence for ordering his security forces to fire on demonstrators at the height of the uprising.
\nAn appeals court, however, ordered a retrial in 2014 and he was acquitted of this charge, too, earlier this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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