Only democratically elected president dies in court and is swiftly buried by the government that depends 10 what is Mohammed Morsi is legacy and have hopes for democracy in egypt died with this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im dennis Mohamed Morsi died in court on monday whilst all of you in his defense against charges that many believed were trumped up just to keep him in jail he was 67 and not in good health he needed regular medication that his family and others said he was often denied during his 6 years in detention his term in office was brief barely a year but he insisted he was egypts the jessamine president right up until he died and as rory chalons now reports most his time in office was characterized by optimism which quickly turned to frustration. Mohamed morsi sailed into the presidency of egypt on the winds of a peoples revolution demanding change in 2012 he became egypts 1st ever democratically elected president the 1st civilian to hold the office mor
Democracy movement is freed from prison and adds his voice to the calls for leading carry lamb to. Egypts 1st democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi has died during a Court Session in cairo the Public Prosecutor said he collapsed in the defendants cage shortly after addressing the court the 67 year old Muslim Brotherhood leader had been in prison since 2013 when he was ousted after less than a year in power the secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood has told aljazeera he fears Security Forces will bury morsi and cairo late at night denying him a proper funeral. The sect on the head of the real me home has even less of a problem this is a sad day not only for the muslim brothers but also for the egyptian people what was lucky of them for his family was shot and for arabs and muslims and especially for the Palestinian People of course who witnessed how morsy stood with them in the war most of all theres no doubt the history will remember that this as a day morsi was martyred
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We are in london. You are with al jazeera. Also, iran says it will pass the limit it is allowed under the iran nuclear deal. Egypts first democratically elected president has died in cairo. The Public Prosecutor said he collapsed shortly after he hading the court and been imprisoned since 2013, but ousted after less than a year in power. He is told al jazeera he fears security forces, denying him a proper funeral. Out only forad day the muslim population, but also the egyptian people, his family, arabs and muslims who witnessed how he stood with them during the war. He was martyred after he was killed. 0 looking back now at the in a he sailed into the presidency of egypt, demanding change. Became egypts first him a critically elected resident, the first civilian to hold office. Spent born in 1951 and his life as the engineering professor and then as a member of parliament. The egyptian resolution privileged and set the stage for him to come to power. He made a point of being. Resident
Boeing in an air show where its showcasing its high fliers. Egypts 1st democratically elected president has died after collapsing in court while on trial on espionage charges Egyptian State t. V. Says Mohamed Morsi had a heart attack the 67 year old Muslim Brotherhood leader had been in prison since 2013 when he was toppled after less than a year in office and a statement the Muslim Brotherhood says that help president alpha tiles sisi and his government responsible for what it calls the planned criminal killing of morsi and his son says egyptian authorities have refused permission for morsi to be buried in the family plot human rights activists say morsi his medical condition was ignored by egyptian authorities and harsh conditions and solitary confinement could have led to a premature death procket good to explains. A death that human rights activists have called tragic but predictable and what former egyptian president Mohamed Morsy supporters say is a model 17 june 2900. 00 mostly