Agencia EFEMay 8, 2013 17:15
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.
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