A cross-party group of senior British MPs has petitioned the Egyptian government to allow access to the jailed former president Mohamed Morsi, amid reports that his health has seriously deteriorated.
Morsi is being held in isolation in Tora prison and his family have
been allowed to visit him only twice since he was imprisoned after a
military coup in 2013.
Morsi won the presidency in elections brought about by a popular
uprising against the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak, and had been in
office for only a year when he was arrested. He was convicted of a
series of offences including endangering national security by leaking
documents to Qatar and inciting violence by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Source: Theguardian
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