Landmark trial for Arab world

The trial against Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak is a milestone not just for Egypt but for the entire Arab World, according to the left-liberal daily The Guardian: "Mubarak's trial is not just important for Egypt. Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, injured in a rebel attack and getting medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, is being offered immunity from prosecution in a deal openly backed by a selective West. Tunisia's deposed president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, was tried and sentenced in absentia. Again justice denied. If a deal were done with Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, it would be at the expense of charges for war crimes. It is no exaggeration to say that, along with elections, the democratic future of the Arab World depends on this trial."

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