Egypt opposition figure suffers heart attacks in prison

Egypt opposition figure suffers heart attacks in prison

Aboul-Fotouh was arrested in early 2018 shortly after criticizing the Sisi regime

By Gulsen Topcu

ISTANBUL (AA) – Prominent Egyptian opposition figure Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh suffered two heart attacks in his prison, according to his son on Sunday.

“My father is likely to lose his life at any moment,” Ahmed Aboul-Fotouh said on Twitter.

He said his father had suffered two heart attacks “in less than 24 hours due to harsh conditions” at Cairo’s Torah prison.

A critic of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Aboul-Fotouh has been imprisoned since early 2018 on charges of joining an outlawed group and spreading false news.

His arrest came shortly after returning to Cairo from London, where he made an interview with the Qatar-funded Al Jazeera television during which he criticized the Sisi’s regime.

Aboul-Fotouh was a former member of Egypt’s now-banned Muslim Brotherhood group before he split up to run as an independent in Egypt’s presidential election in 2012.

Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi won the 2012 polls, but was ousted from power after only one year following protests against his administration.

Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected president, died on June 17 during a trial session on “espionage” charges.

* Writing by Gozde Bayar

Kaynak:Source of News

This news has been read 192 times in total

ADD A COMMENT to TO THE NEWS
UYARI: Küfür, hakaret, rencide edici cümleler veya imalar, inançlara saldırı içeren, imla kuralları ile yazılmamış,
Türkçe karakter kullanılmayan ve büyük harflerle yazılmış yorumlar onaylanmamaktadır.
Previous and Next News