Supporters of Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak chant slogans at a court in Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 5, 2015. (Photo: Xinhua)

The trial, the third and final one, was postponed to Jan. 21, 2016, just days before the anniversary of the start of the 2011 upheavals. This constitutes the third time the case was heard in court since Mubarak was deposed in 2011. However, this time Mubarak faces the court alone as all the other defendants were acquitted. The postponement was due to the need to relocate the former President’s retrial to the Cassation Court, located in downtown Cairo.

The 87-year-old former president was initially handed a life sentence in 2012, on charges of conspiring to kill 239 protestors, inciting chaos and masterminding a security vacuum during the 18-day-long uprising. A subsequent retrial, ordered by an appeals court, resulted in the acquittal of Mubarak and other co-defendants. Mubarak's acquittal, however, was again appealed, this time by the Public Prosecution, and a new retrial was ordered.