Photo Gallery Mubarak on Trial
On August 3, millions of Egyptians and people around the world watched as former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, reportedly suffering from health problems, was wheeled into a courtroom in Cairo. The former president of Egypt held power for nearly 30 years.
Speaking into a microphone, Mubarak pleaded innocent. He's charged with corruption and complicity in the killing of hundreds of protesters during the Egyptian uprising in January and February.
Egypt's former interior minister, Habib al-Adly, is also facing charges, along with Mubarak's two sons and six former police commanders.
Mubarak still has supporters in Egypt. Demonstrators like this one, carrying a picture of the ex-president, took to the streets to show their support.
A Mubarak supporter kisses a poster of the former president's face in Cairo.
Many other Egyptians are eager for revenge. Here, anti-Mubarak protesters hold up a noose outside of the court room on Wednesday.
If it's confirmed that Mubarak was complicit in the murder of more than 800 demonstrators during the uprising, he could face the death penalty.
Mubarak arrived at the courtroom by helicoptor.
Demonstrators clashed outside the courthouse ...
... and some threw stones. Many Egyptians hope that, once the trial is over, the country can turn its attention to more pressing problems of buliding a new democratic government.
Mubarak's trial is being held in Cairo Police Academy building.
The former president is kept in a caged enclosure.
Judge Ahmed Refaat is overseeing the trial. He had to order many of those watching to sit down, as they kept standing to catch a glimpse of Mubarak.
The cage for the defendants is not only meant to prevent escape but also to keep them safe from potential attackers.
Of the 600 people gathered in the courtoom on Wednesday, some were relatives of people who died on Tahrir Square.
Many victims of Mubarak's police-state regime are expected to show up in court.
Mubarak was considered a stalwart Western ally in the Middle East, as well as a protector of peace with Israel, but his own people ran out of patience. The trial of a former dictator in the Arab world -- outside Iraq, where Saddam Hussein was toppled by US forces -- is unprecedented.
