(Middle East Monitor) Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has called for an independent inquiry into the circumstances of the late President [Mohamed] Morsi’s death, his hasty burial and the conditions of his detention.
Morsi collapsed during a court session on Monday, was denied first aid for up to 30 minutes, then taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The former president of Egypt was kept in a cell for 23 hours a day since his overthrow in 2013 and consistently denied medical attention for his diabetes, kidney and liver disease.
After requests to bury him in his home village in the Nile Delta were refused, a small circle of family and friends buried Morsi at the mosque in Tora Prison. Egyptian authorities prevented his family from holding a consolation for his death at his home.
