Iran Press/Africa: The UN human rights office said on Tuesday the investigation should encompass all aspects of his treatment during nearly six years of his incarceration.
Egypt's first democratically president was buried in a small family ceremony early on Tuesday a day after he suffered a fatal heart attack in a Cairo court, his sons said according to Al Jazeera.
"Concerns have been raised regarding the conditions of Morsi's detention, including access to adequate medical care, as well as sufficient access to his lawyers and family ...," UN human rights spokesman Rupert Colville said in a statement.
"The investigation should be carried out by a judicial or other competent authority that is independent of the detaining authority and mandated to conduct prompt, impartial and effective investigations into the circumstances and causes of his death," he said.
In the previous year, a panel of UK legislators and attorneys asserted that Morsi, who has diabetes and liver disease, is likely to face “premature death” in prison, due to low poor prison conditions and inhumane treatment.
Morsi was overthrown on July 3, 2013, after barely in power for a year in a coup staged by current President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and placed under house arrest before being moved to prison.
The crackdown on the former Egyptian ruler and his political party, the Muslim Brotherhood, sparked widespread outrage around the world as rights campaigners and governments criticize el-Sisi's administration for collectively imprisoning the party's members.
Rights groups say the army’s crackdown on the Brotherhood and its supporters resulted in deaths of over 1,400 people. About 22,000 others have been arrested, including more than 200 people who have been sentenced to death in mass trials. 101/214
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