where tanks and mortar shells continued to hammer the opposition
Mubarak, the former Egyptian president, who had not herve leger dresses been seen in public since Feb. 10, was caged behind metal bars on a hospital bed, charged with corruption and complicity in the killing of nearly 900 protesters. He denied the charges, as did his sons, Gamal and Alaa, who also were accused in the corruption charges.
In Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the protests, the first courtroom images shown in shops had spectators erupting in applause.
In the West Bank city of Ramallah, 29-year-old Palestinian Salah Abu Samera saw the trial as emerging democracy.
“It’s unusual in the Arab world,” he said. “This is the first time we see a leader in a real court. This is good for democracy, good for the future.”
The trial especially resonated in countries where citizens are agitating for change against their own longtime rulers.
Activists in Syria — where tanks and mortar shells continued to hammer the opposition in the city of Hama on Wednesday — accused the regime of Bashar Assad of striking hard at a moment when world attention was distracted by Mubarak’s trial. Syria was condemned by the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday for attacking civilians and committing widespread human rights violations.
In Egypt’s neighbor Libya, rebels are fighting to oust Moammar Gadhafi, who has held power leger dress even longer than Mubarak did. Mohamad al-Rajali, a spokesman for the rebels, said he welcomed the trial. “We wish to see Gadhafi in a similar cage one day,” al-Rajali said.
Pulver was taken to a local hospital but has since been released and reunited with her parents. Police said they felt that a medical assessment was necessary since she was kept in an extremely uncomfortable position for many hours, Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch said.
Pulver’s family urged the media Thursday to respect their privacy.
The investigation into the incident will be led by the State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad, according to a statement on the New South Wales Police Department’s website. That unit deals with extortion, according to ABC Australia.
“This is an unusual incident for New South Wales and indeed Australia,” Murdoch told ABC Australia. “I’m not aware of anything like this happening in the country before, and I think that is what’s made it so unusual … Certainly the family are at a loss to explain this. But you wouldn’t expect someone would go to this much trouble if there wasn’t a motive behind it.”
Mosman is a very wealthy suburb on Sydney Harbor, where many well-connected people, sports stars and celebrities live.
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