Clinton refuses to comment on Mubarak trial verdict

AFP , Saturday 2 Jun 2012

Hillary Rodham Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (Photo: AP)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton refused to comment on Saturday's court ruling that sentenced Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak to life in prison.

"That is up to the Egyptian people and their judicial system and their government," Clinton told reporters during a visit to the Arctic city of Tromsoe in Norway, part of her nine-day tour of Scandinavia, the Caucasus and Turkey.

Mubarak and interior minister Habib al-Adly were both given life terms for their involvement in the murder of protesters during the uprising that ousted the strongman last year.

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