Hosni Mubarak, whose autocratic rule launched Egypts Arab Spring protests, dies at 91
Nick Schifrin:
But Mubarak's stability was autocracy. He jailed political opponents without trial, and his police committed widespread torture.
Poverty increased. The availability of bread plummeted. And when that deprivation combined with corruption to spark the 2011 protests, his security forces killed hundreds of demonstrators.
In 2012, Mubarak defended himself from his sickbed. He was sentenced to life in prison, but successfully appealed. He later was sentenced to three years in prison on corruption charges, but was released in 2017.
He died today in this hospital, remembered most not for his autocratic rule, but for the protests that ended it.
For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Nick Schifrin.
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