Egypt: UN Calls for Independent Investigation into Death of Morsi

The U.N. human rights office is calling for a prompt, impartial, transparent investigation into the sudden death Monday of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in a Cairo court, where he was on trial on espionage charges.

Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, collapsed after completing a statement in court. Spokesman for the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville said the exact cause of Morsi’s death is not wholly clear.

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