Cairo Criminal Court adjourned Monday the retrial of 16 defendants in the so-called Cabinet Clashes case to May 27, Al Bawaba news reported. The defense lawyers demanded enough time to hear the rest of prosecution witnesses. In February, the court sentenced 229 defendants in absentia to life imprisonment, and 39 defendants to 10 years in prison. They were fined a total LE17 million.
Violent clashes occurred in 2011 outside the Cabinet headquarters in downtown Cairo, ending with the burning of the Institut d'Egypte, over which the defendants were arrested and referred to trial.