It had been given the name "the Day of Purge," and it had been called to demand trials for Mubarak and other leading members of the old regime suspected of corruption.
The demand doctrine presupposes that failure to demand trial is a deliberate choice for supposed advantage on the assumption that delay always benefits the accused, but the delay does not inherently benefit the accused any more than it does the state.
she wrote outraged letters demanding fair trials for political dissidents around the world.
In an interview, Mr. Protic, a big-shouldered 6-foot-6 with a gentle manner, said the West was demanding too much too fast by demanding a trial for Mr. Milosevic in The Hague.
The Court of Cassation also demanded new trials for them.
But protesters outside the court demanded more trials for those who failed to gain amnesty by admitting their crimes to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission TRCC).
In Jakarta during the weekend, student protests demanding a trial for Mr. Suharto turned violent, and many analysts and officials said they believed that the violence had been instigated by paid agitators.
At a pretrial hearing in Austin, the judge, Pat Priest of 187th District Court, said Mr. DeLay, a Republican who was the House majority leader before stepping down, had been demanding a trial for five years.
So how come we are not demanding war crimes trials for those responsible for that even greater massacre, whose perpetrators – reported at the time and recounted in numerous books afterwards — came from the ranks of the special units commanded by Rifaat al-Assad.
He then presents a list of the group's demands: revolutionary trials for members of the old regime, a raise in average wages, reform of the Interior Ministry and other government institutions, job-creation projects, and "punishment" for "crimes" committed by subsequent governments since 2011.
