`` Every dictator in the region is watching this in total fear , thinking he could be next , '' said Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy . NEW : Arab media call it the trial of this year . Mubarak is the first leader to face trial since the Arab uprisings started the century . Other defendants , including his former interior minister , are also on trial . Hosni Mubarak faces charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters .
NEW : Arab media call it the trial of this year . Mubarak is the first leader to face trial since the Arab uprisings started the century . Other defendants , including his former interior minister , are also on trial . Hosni Mubarak faces charges of corruption and ordering the killing of protesters .