Links: SCAF, Hussein Tantawi CAIRO: Egypt's South Suez Court, held in Cairo's Fifth Compound, adjourned the sixth session of the Suez Martyr's trial. The defendants are accused of killing protestors in Suez during the January 25 Revolution until next November. The court allowed lawyers to review court minutes and information from the Public Prosecutor. The court also ordered the arrest of Egyptian businessman Ibrahim Farag's sons Aboudi and Arabi. After the trial began, Egyptian security forces allowed families of Suez's victims to enter the Court. The families were initially prevented from attending the trial despite holding permits to attend from the public prosecutor, causing altercations between the families and security forces. Lawyers representing the families of those killed demanded financial compensation estimated at 10,000 EGP (U.S. $1,680) for each victim's family. The accused denied all charges. One claimed that the demonstrators broke into his car dealership and destroyed it. Meanwhile the defendants' lawyers asked the court to obtain photo copies of the testimonies of vice-president Omar Suleiman and current Egyptian Minister of Interior Mansour el-Issawy from former president Hosni Mubarak's trial. The defendants' lawyers also requested copies of Egyptian ruling Military Council head Hussein Tantawi's testimony, to be delivered on September 24, and a list of victims' names from the Ministry of Interior. Lawyers requested that the court summon Ashraf Abdullah Abdrabo, manager of the Security Forces Sector of Suez governorate to testify, as well as head of al-Arbaeen police station to give his testimony. Furthermore, they requested to hear all audio recordings submitted by the public prosecutor, and to listen to two testimonies of defense witnesses. The lawyers called for getting books and reports from the Egyptian Ambulance Authority regarding victims' death. A defense lawyer asked the court to accuse all injured and dead of stealing weapons from security forces and setting police stations alight. This session is the sixth hearing in the case.
