Mubarak released, but detained

A court in Cairo has ordered the release of President Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprisings in Egypt. However, he will remain in custody pending investigations into corruption charges."Even if a criminal court granted the former president's appeal, Mubarak would still not be released, as he is currently under investigation in two other cases of corruption," RIA News quoted spokesman for the Egyptian general prosecutor's office Mahmoud al-Hafnaui .Maburak's lawyer Farid al-Deeb stated in the letter accompanying the appeal that "the case implicating Mubarak in the shooting of peaceful demonstrators began on April 14, 2011, and, under current Egyptian law, the defendant must be released two years later, if the case has not been completed."