Egyptian newspapers mention Morsi’s death on the inner pages, with no special coverage. Collapsed in the courtroom was not a general suspicion, but the only democratic former president of the country. Morsi was announced dead by the Cairo Hospital.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
First democratic president of Egypt lost his life in the courtroom seeking justice during the hearing of his case. Dr. Morsi was elected as the first ever democratic president of Egypt in 2011. He was vocal about Israeli atrocities and propaganda against Islam. His speech at the UN council brought him attention from all of the Muslim countries. However, internal intricate politics failed democracy in a country that was used to of autocracy and dictatorship. Rallies and protests against him turned into serious riots and almost after a year of his presidency, he was stripped down from power by then General Abdel Fattah al Sissi. Al Sissi took the presidency from Morsi in 2013 and remains president till date.
In 2013, Morsi was charged with multiple accusations, mainly with treason. He faced the case for espionage, accused of spying for Qatar. Since Egypt is in the Saudi-led club of four countries, it faced a tremendous amount of pressure because of Morsi. He was sentenced 40 years in jail initially but the term was later reduced to 25 years. He was also charged with 2 million Egyptian Pound as a fine for the disrespect to the court.
High profile people sentenced to prison along with president Morsi were 11 former members of the parliament including, the prominent Islamist lawyer Montaser Al-Zayat, and four journalists, Abdel Halim Qandel, Nour Al-Deen Abdel Hafez, Abdel Rahman Al-Qaradawi and Ahmed Al-Sharqawi. An Egyptian court also sentenced 75 prominent members and affiliates of the “Muslim Brotherhood” to death, as part of a mass trial that included 739 people charged after the violent dispersal of a protest camp in support of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in the same year.
