By AFPMore by this AuthorCAIRO,Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi was buried on Tuesday in eastern Cairo, one of his lawyers told AFP, a day after he collapsed in court and died. "He was buried in Medinat Nasr, in eastern Cairo, with his family present," said Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksoud, one of his lawyer. Abdel Maksoud was the last member of his defence team to see the former Islamist president, in November 2017. Human Rights Watch echoed that demand, saying Morsi had suffered years of "insufficient access to medical care". "The United Nations Human Rights Council... should establish an investigation into ongoing gross violations of human rights in Egypt, including widespread ill-treatment in prisons and Morsi's death," it said.

Source: Daily Nation June 18, 2019 05:44 UTC