埃及法院星期三下令釋放前總統穆巴拉克
Judicial and security forces say an Egyptian court Wednesday ordered former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak be released from prison, where he has been held for more than two years after a popular uprising drove him from power.
Mr. Mubarak's lawyer, Fareed el-Deeb, tells Reuters the former ruler could be freed as early as Thursday. The 85-year-old Mubarak is being retried on charges he failed to stop the killing of protesters during the popular revolt that swept him from office. But the court ruled there are no longer any legal grounds for his continued detention.
Earlier this week ((Monday)), an Egyptian court cleared Mr. Mubarak of charges that he and his sons stole public money for presidential palaces.
Also Wednesday, Egyptian authorities arrested a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman and a fiery preacher with ties to the group, as Egypt's interim government continues to pressure the party of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
Mourad Ali, a spokesman for the Brotherhood's political arm was taken into custody Wednesday at the Cairo airport, while cleric Safwat Hegazy was arrested near the Libyan border. Officials said both were trying to flee the country.
The arrests come a day after authorities detained Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohamed Badie. A court ordered him held for 15 days while prosecutors investigate allegations that he incited the torture and killing of protesters in June.
Also Wednesday, the United Nations political affairs chief is in Cairo for talks aimed at ending Egypt's political crisis. Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman is on a three-day mission described by a spokesman as a "push to restore peace and forge reconciliation."埃及司法部門和安全部隊說，埃及一家法院星期三下令釋放前總統穆巴拉克。 穆巴拉克兩年多前被人民起義運動推翻後一直被關在監獄裏。
穆巴拉克的律師對路透社說， 穆巴拉星期四就可能獲釋。85歲的穆巴拉克因被控未能阻止殺戮反政府運動的抗議者而面臨再審。但是法院星期三判決說，繼續關押穆巴拉克已無任何法律根據。
星期一，埃及法院判決穆巴拉克和他的兒子被控盜用公共資金修建總統府的罪名不成立。
另外在星期三，埃及政府繼續對被罷免的穆爾西總統的政黨施壓，逮捕了穆斯林兄弟會的一名發言人和一個跟該組織相關的伊斯蘭教人士。
穆兄會所屬政治黨派的發言人穆哈德 阿里星期三在開羅機場被捕，此外，當局還在埃及利比亞邊界附近逮捕了伊斯蘭教人士阿加齊。當局說， 二人都企圖逃離埃及。
在此前一天，埃及臨時軍政府逮捕了穆斯林兄弟會的精神領袖巴迪。70歲的巴迪因涉嫌6月份煽動對要求總統穆爾西下臺的示威者實施酷刑和加以殺害而被捕。示威者要求總統穆爾西下臺。一家法院星期二下令，在檢察官們調查這些指稱期間要拘押巴迪15天。
與此同時，聯合國主管政治事務的副祕書長費爾特曼正在開羅爲結束血腥的政治危機而舉行會談。費爾特曼星期二抵達埃及進行三天的斡旋。聯合國發言人說， 他的任務是“促進恢復和平與和解”。
