Mubarak threatened to commit suicide if transferred to prison hospital in Cairo

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Ousted Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak has reportedly threatened to commit suicide if he is transferred to a prison hospital in the capital, Cairo.Mubarak is currently being held at a military hospital on the outskirts of Cairo.Egyptian newspaper Rose al-Yusuf reported on Tuesday that Mubarak has asked his bodyguards to convey the news of the suicide threat to his doctors.The ousted dictator also asked his lawyer to lodge a protest against the decision to transfer him.Egyptian protesters have long been complaining that the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) has been sparing Mubarak the humiliation of prison by keeping him in a military hospital.The dictator was forced to step down on February 11, 2011 after 18 days of popular revolution, ending 30 years of rule and paving the way for the SCAF’s assumption of power.The 83-year-old is facing trial for authorizing the use of force that resulted in the deaths of over 800 pro-democracy protesters during the revolution.Mubarak has been the first Arab ruler to stand trial in person since the wave of popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa began roughly in December 2010. /129