Egypt has begun the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak, who was in the courtroom nearly six months after he was toppled in an 18-day revolution calling for democratic reforms.
The former leader is accused of ordering the killing of anti-government protesters during the revolution which nearly 900 people were killed.
During the proceedings he was reclined on a hospital bed inside of a large cage that was built in the front of the courtroom to house all of the defendants. Mubarak has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ordered the death of hundreds of anti-government protesters. The judge adjourned the trial until August 15.
Egypt Begins Trial of Former Leader Mubarak
Egyptian army soldiers stand alert outside the police academy in Cairo, August 3, 2011. Ousted President Hosni Mubarak, together with his two sons Alaa and Gamal, his security chief Habib el-Adly and six top police officers, face trial on charges of corru
Riot police line up behind a banner with pictures of men killed during the revolution carried by anti-Mubarak protesters, outside the Police Military Academy complex in Cairo, during the trial session of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Image)
Anti-Mubarak protesters clashes with pro-Mubarak supporters outside the police academy in Cairo. (AP Image)
Video image taken from Egyptian State Television showing former President Hosni Mubarak, 83, laying on a hospital bed inside a cage in a Cairo courtroom as his historic trial began on charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters during the
Video image taken from Egyptian State Television shows Hosni Mubarak's son Gamal speaking into a microphone in a cage in a Cairo courtroom. (AP Image)
Video image taken from Egyptian State Television shows judge Ahmed Rifaat gesturing during the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons and other officials at the start of his historic trial in a Cairo courtroo. (AP Image)
Video image taken from Egyptian State Television shows former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly, in a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom. (AP Image)
Ousted President Hosni Mubarak is seen on TV screen as he enters the courtroom on a hospital bed, outside the Police Military Academy complex in Cairo. (AP Image)
A man reacts as he watches the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak on a giant screen outside the police academy in Cairo. (AP Image)