Cairo: The presiding judge in the trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has decided to stop live TV broadcasts of the upcoming proceedings.
Judge Ahmad Rifaat also adjourned the trial until September 5.
He decided Monday to stop the broadcasts before the next hearing when he plans to summon witnesses.
Clashes
Dozens of people were Monday had been injured in clashes between supporters and opponents of Mubarak outside a makeshift courtroom on the outskirts of Cairo.
The injured received medical treatment on the site, as riot police rushed to separate between the two sides, according to medical sources.
Mubarak's supporters, holding up his portraits, were angry that the former president, who ruled Egypt for 30 years, is being prosecuted, said eyewitnesses. They wore T-shirts on which it was painted: "I'm Egyptian and refuse to have the nation's leader insulted", added the witnesses.
Around 5,000 army and security personnel are securing the trial, reported state Egyptian TV.
Presiding judge excludes daily sessions
The presiding judge of a court, trying former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons, Monday excluded daily sessions.
"I hoped that the sessions will be held on a daily basis as I announced earlier. But due to excessive demands (from lawyers), this will be beyond the capacity of any court," Chief Judge Ahmed Refaat said at the opening of the second session of the trial of Mubarak and his sons.
The same judge Sunday adjourned until September 5 a trial of former interior minister Habib Al Adly and six aides due to chaos inside the courtroom.
Meanwhile, Sameh Ashour, a lawyer for families of protesters killed in an anti-Mubarak revolt earlier this year, demanded the court to separate a case pertaining to his alleged involvement in a deadly crackdown on demonstrators from another on corruption charges.
He explained that this separation will ensure "fair and swift justice".
Former Egyptian president arrives in Cairo court
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his sons, Ala'a and Jamal, Monday appeared inside an enmeshed iron cage in a makeshift court outside Cairo for the second session of their trial.
Mubarak, 83, lay on a hospital bed, but looked fully alert. He exchanged talk with his two sons as the courtroom in the Police Academy was packed to capacity with lawyers, relatives of protesters killed during a revolt against Mubarak earlier this year, and media crews.
The defendants face possible death sentences if convicted.
Mubarak, 83, was flown from a military medical hospital near Cairo where he is staying under detention.
Mubarak and his two sons, Ala'a and Jamal, are facing charges of ordering the killing of protesters earlier this year, and corruption. They all pleaded not guilty.
Also on trial is Hussein Salem, a fugitive businessman, accused of wasting public money through a deal to export Egyptian gas to Israel at prices lower than their market value.
Earlier reports
The trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his sons Ala'a and Jamal will resume Monday in a Cairo court.
They face charges of ordering the killing of peaceful protesters and corruption.
The three pleaded not guilty during the first session on August 3. Mubarak, 83, will appear at the trial to be held in the Police Academy on the outskirts of Cairo, his chief lawyer Fareed Al Deeb told the independent newspaper Al Masri Al Youm.
The court is expected Monday to decide on requests by Mubarak's lawyers to cross-examine chief of the ruling military council Mohammad Hussain Tantawi, former vice-president Omar Sulaiman and incumbent chief of the army staff Samy Anan. During the first session, Mubarak looked alert, despite lying on a hospital bed inside a steel cage.
State Egyptian television will show the trial live, according to officials.
Sunday, the court postponed until September 5 the trial of former interior minister Habib Al Adly and six aides on charges of involvement in a deadly crackdown on protesters during the popular revolt that toppled Mubarak in February.
During the hearing, the third in this high-profile case, defence lawyers for more than 800 protesters killed during the uprising demanded the case be merged with another involving the former president.
Special permits
They also requested former minister of telecommunications Tarek Kamel and chiefs of mobile telephone service providers in Egypt be summoned to testify about the communications cut-off in the early days of the anti-Mubarak revolt.
Presiding judge Ahmad Refaat said that all lawyers will be allowed to attend the next sessions of the trial without having to get special permits.
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