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Monday June 17, 2019
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MB leader Morsi dies in court after trial session
By: Egypt Today staff
Mon, Jun. 17, 2019
CAIRO - 17 June 2019: Leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Morsi died on Monday in court after the conclusion of a trial session as he was charged of espionage for Hamas.
Morsi had asked to talk and the judge gave him the permission, as reported by Extra News.
After the trial session was over, Morsi passed out in court, and later died. The body was transferred to the hospital and the necessary procedures are being finalized.
Since 2013, Morsi was being prosecuted in custody as he was facing several charges, including espionage, killing protesters, prison escape, and judiciary insult.
In 2015, Morsi was sentenced to death in the jailbreak lawsuit. A year later, the sentence was cancelled by the Court of Cassation. In 2017, Morsi was handed three years in prison for judiciary insult.
In 2016, Morsi was given a life sentence in an espionage lawsuit as he was charged of spying for Qatar. A year later, the sentence was upheld by the Court of Cassation.
Morsi was also serving a final 20-year prison sentence for killing protesters.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48668941
Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi dies during trial
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Egypt's former President Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the army in 2013, has died after fainting in a courtroom, state TV says.
A former top figure in the now-banned Islamist movement Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi was in court for a hearing on charges of espionage. He was 67.
Morsi was overthrown following mass protests a year after he took office as the country's first democratically elected leader.
He had remained in custody since then.
After his removal from power, Egyptian authorities launched a crackdown on his supporters and the Muslim Brotherhood.
The hearing in the capital, Cairo, was related to charges of espionage emanating from suspected contacts with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, according to state television.
Who was Morsi?
Morsi was born in the village of El-Adwah in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya in 1951. He studied Engineering at Cairo University in the 1970s before moving to the US to complete a PhD.
He was chosen as the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate for the 2012 election after the movement's preferred choice was forced to pull out. After a narrow victory, he promised to head a government "for all Egyptians".
But critics complained he had failed to deliver during his turbulent year in office. They accused him of allowing Islamists to monopolise the political scene and mishandling the economy.
Public opposition to his government grew and millions of anti-government protesters took to the streets across Egypt to mark the first anniversary of the day he took office, on 30 June 2013.
On the evening of 3 July, the army suspended the constitution and announced the formation of a technocratic interim government ahead of new presidential elections. Morsi, who denounced the announcement as a coup, was taken into custody by the army.
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Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi dies during trial
The jailed former President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi died in court on Monday, Egyptian state television reported.
The 67-year-old former top figure in the now-banned Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement fainted while attending a session Monday in his trial on espionage charges and was taken to a hospital.
Morsi was overthrown in a military coup led by current President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi following mass protests a year after he took office in 2012 as the country's first democratically elected leader and had remained behind bars since then.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, known for his close ties to Morsi's Islamic Brotherhood, extended his extended condolences to Morsi’s family and the Egyptian people, calling Morsi a "martyr."
"I wish for God’s mercy upon our brother and martyr Morsi,’’ independent news site T24 quoted Erdoğan as saying.
Erdoğan was one of the fiercest international critics of Morsi's removal and had called on Egypt to free ousted Morsi from jail and lift death sentences against his supporters.
The former Islamist president was facing an array of charges in multiple court cases.
Monday June 17, 2019
MB leader Morsi dies in court after trial session
By: Egypt Today staff
Mon, Jun. 17, 2019
CAIRO - 17 June 2019: Leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Morsi died on Monday in court after the conclusion of a trial session as he was charged of espionage for Hamas.
Morsi had asked to talk and the judge gave him the permission, as reported by Extra News.
After the trial session was over, Morsi passed out in court, and later died. The body was transferred to the hospital and the necessary procedures are being finalized.
Since 2013, Morsi was being prosecuted in custody as he was facing several charges, including espionage, killing protesters, prison escape, and judiciary insult.
In 2015, Morsi was sentenced to death in the jailbreak lawsuit. A year later, the sentence was cancelled by the Court of Cassation. In 2017, Morsi was handed three years in prison for judiciary insult.
In 2016, Morsi was given a life sentence in an espionage lawsuit as he was charged of spying for Qatar. A year later, the sentence was upheld by the Court of Cassation.
Morsi was also serving a final 20-year prison sentence for killing protesters.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48668941
Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi dies during trial
- 17 June 2019
Image copyright Getty Images
Egypt's former President Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the army in 2013, has died after fainting in a courtroom, state TV says.
A former top figure in the now-banned Islamist movement Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi was in court for a hearing on charges of espionage. He was 67.
Morsi was overthrown following mass protests a year after he took office as the country's first democratically elected leader.
He had remained in custody since then.
After his removal from power, Egyptian authorities launched a crackdown on his supporters and the Muslim Brotherhood.
The hearing in the capital, Cairo, was related to charges of espionage emanating from suspected contacts with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, according to state television.
Who was Morsi?
Morsi was born in the village of El-Adwah in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya in 1951. He studied Engineering at Cairo University in the 1970s before moving to the US to complete a PhD.
He was chosen as the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate for the 2012 election after the movement's preferred choice was forced to pull out. After a narrow victory, he promised to head a government "for all Egyptians".
But critics complained he had failed to deliver during his turbulent year in office. They accused him of allowing Islamists to monopolise the political scene and mishandling the economy.
Public opposition to his government grew and millions of anti-government protesters took to the streets across Egypt to mark the first anniversary of the day he took office, on 30 June 2013.
On the evening of 3 July, the army suspended the constitution and announced the formation of a technocratic interim government ahead of new presidential elections. Morsi, who denounced the announcement as a coup, was taken into custody by the army.
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Jun 17 2019
Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi dies during trial
The jailed former President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi died in court on Monday, Egyptian state television reported.
The 67-year-old former top figure in the now-banned Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement fainted while attending a session Monday in his trial on espionage charges and was taken to a hospital.
Morsi was overthrown in a military coup led by current President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi following mass protests a year after he took office in 2012 as the country's first democratically elected leader and had remained behind bars since then.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, known for his close ties to Morsi's Islamic Brotherhood, extended his extended condolences to Morsi’s family and the Egyptian people, calling Morsi a "martyr."
"I wish for God’s mercy upon our brother and martyr Morsi,’’ independent news site T24 quoted Erdoğan as saying.
Erdoğan was one of the fiercest international critics of Morsi's removal and had called on Egypt to free ousted Morsi from jail and lift death sentences against his supporters.
The former Islamist president was facing an array of charges in multiple court cases.
