Egypt’s former president Mohamed Morsi has been buried in a remote area of Cairo as his treatment in custody before his death was denounced as torture. The UN called for an independent investigation into Morsi’s death and his treatment in custody. Speaking after Morsi’s death, Blunt said: “We found that his detention could meet the threshold for torture in accordance Egyptian and international law. Two months of unrest in the summer of 2013 were marked by bursts of extreme violence against Muslim Brotherhood supporters. Egypt now considers the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation and has encouraged western nations such as the US to accept this definition.

Source: The Guardian June 18, 2019 14:03 UTC