The appeals court simultaneously rejected calls by lawyers of the victims of the government crackdown to reopen civil suits.

Hosni Mubarak was swept from power by two weeks of popular protest across Egypt’s major cities known as the Arab Spring.

Hundreds of protesters were killed in clashes between Egypt’s security forces and thousands wounded before Mubarak stepped down and an interim military council was put in place to rule the country.

Mubarak initially stood trial in 2011 on charges of murdering protesters. Found guilty in June 2012, he was sentenced to life in prison but amid Egypt’s shifting political landscape was later cleared of the charges in November 2014.

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