Days Before Egyptian Presidential Election, Court Sentences Mubarak, Ignites Massive Protest

Interview with Seif Da'Na, associate professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, conducted by Scott Harris



Just days before Egyptians go to the polls in the final round of their nation’s first competitive presidential election, a three-judge panel convicted ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his former interior minister, Habib el-Adly, of being “accessories to murder” of pro-democracy protesters last spring. Both men were sentenced to life in prison. But the judges’ decision to dismiss corruption charges against Mubarak and his sons set off major protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and other cities across Egypt.

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