Street clashes follow release of Camel Battle defendants
Criminal court’s decision to acquit all 24 defendants of Camel Battle trial provokes criticism and violent protest
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Military chief claims no deaths in camel and horseback attack
Facing the Cairo Criminal Court, Roweiny claimed that as far as he knew, there were no reports of deaths or weapons seized from attackers in Tahrir Square after the incident
Defense lawyers say evidence weak in ‘Camel Battle’ trial
CAIRO: Defense lawyers described the evidence against their clients as “weak” after two prosecution witnesses changed their testimonies in court during a hearing of the “Battle of the Camel” trial. Civil society lawyers called for summoning high-profile witnesses. Lawyer Fathi Aboul Hassan demanded Wednesday that former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq as well as former and …
Shoura Council speaker behind ‘battle of the camel’: probe
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt’s upper house speaker under ousted president Hosni Mubarak was the mastermind behind organized attacks by loyalists riding camels on anti-regime protesters, investigators said on Thursday. A fact-finding committee looking into the uprising’s most bizarre scene when Mubarak loyalists charged protesters on horses and camels, said Safwat El-Sherif had orchestrated the plan, …