Egypt’s ousted former President Mohammed Morsi, who has been in detention for 2 years, is to bear a medical examination at his request after he complained about jail meals, state media stated on Saturday.
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Last month, the court sentenced the leading member of the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death over espionage and jailbreak.
During the resumption of his trial on Saturday on charges of espionage and leaking classified documents, the deposed president said the food that was given to him on July 21 and 22 was going to lead to “a major crime”.
He also called on the court to provide him access to doctors as he claimed he was suffering from low blood sugar levels. It said Morsi requested to meet with a medical team. Morsi and his supporters have rejected the charges are politically motivated.
Mursi, who has diabetes, described the meals served to him as “very bad”, and has refrained from eating prison food “because he senses it is not safe for him”, state news agency MENA reported. The court adjourned the case until Sunday morning.
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The country’s first freely elected president was toppled by then army chief and now President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in July 2013 following mass street protests demanding the Islamist’s resignation after just a year in power. The three sentences are not final so they are subject to appeal, although Morsi must also face another trial for insulting the Judicial system.
