NEW : Journalist Adam Makary contributed to this report . The retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak is delayed until mid - August . The trial is being held for Mubarak and his sons , as well as a former minister and security aides . He was forced from office in February 2011 after two weeks of mass student protests . Mubarak was convicted last year but was granted a retrial after appealing his conviction .
NEW : The retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak is delayed until mid - August . The trial is being held for Mubarak and his sons , as well as a former minister and security aides . He was forced from office in February 2011 after two weeks of mass student protests . Mubarak was convicted last year but was granted a retrial after appealing his conviction .