Ex-president Hosni Mubarak, on trial for the death of protesters during Egypt's 2011 uprising that toppled him, said future generations would judge him "fairly" in an interview published on Sunday, but his lawyer denied the exchange took place. "The interview is fabricated, it never took place," lawyer Farid al-Deeb told AFP. The independent Al-Watan, which is highly critical of Egypt's new ruling Islamists, said the interview was the first the ex-president gave since he was forced to quit in February 2011 after massive protests against his 30-year rule.

By Alexander Dziadosz and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was back in court on Saturday for a retrial on charges of complicity in the murder of protesters, reopening a case that has shown the difficulty of transitional justice in post-revolutionary Egypt.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak appeared in court on Saturday to face a new trial for complicity in the murder of hundreds protesters during the 2011 uprising, as well as for corruption. The 85-year-old Mubarak, who was taken into court in a wheelchair dressed in white and wearing sunglasses, is on trial along with his former interior minister, Habib al-Adly, and six security chiefs. He also faces corruption charges with his two sons, Alaa and Gamal. All defendants pleaded "not guilty" to the charges levelled against them.

Cairo, May 8 (EFE).- An Egyptian appeals court upheld on Wednesday the acquittals of 24 allies of ousted President Hosni Mubarak who were accused of instigating an attack by government supporters on protesters in February 2011. The defendants, including two former leaders of parliament, were charged with having orchestrated what became known as the "Battle of the Camel." The Cairo criminal court found all 24 of the accused not guilty after a trial that ended last October, but government prosecutors appealed.