{{An Egyptian judge has ordered a media blackout during the next phase of the retrial of Hosni Mubarak.}}<\/p>\n
Judge Mahmoud el-Rachidi said the sessions, to be held on 19-21 October, would involve national security issues.<\/p>\n
Mr Mubarak, 85, appeared in court on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising.<\/p>\n
Defence lawyers are seeking to blame Islamists from the Muslim Brotherhood and foreign forces for the deaths of about 850 people killed in the unrest.<\/p>\n
Mr Mubarak was jailed for life in June last year for contributing to the killings.<\/p>\n
But he appealed against his sentence and a retrial was ordered.<\/p>\n
He is on trial along with his two sons, the former interior minister, and six security chiefs.<\/p>\n
Certain parts of his original trial were also held behind closed doors.<\/p>\n
Judge Rachidi had promised more transparency with the retrial.<\/p>\n
However, the judge said on Saturday that all journalists would be barred from the next hearings and forbidden from quoting lawyers.<\/p>\n
“This decision does not go against my previous promise to the media, because I had announced from the start that the people will know about everything, except for proceedings of hearings, in order for us to allow the witness to testify,” he said.<\/p>\n
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