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    Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's death renews criticism of his treatment in prison

    by Salma Islam and Laura King, Los Angeles Times Jun 17, 2019 4 minutes

    CAIRO - Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, imprisoned since the military removed him from office in 2013, died Monday after collapsing in court, officials said, putting the nation's authoritarian-minded government on the defensive over his treatment in custody.

    The country's first democratically elected president and a leader of the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement, the 67-year-old California-educated Morsi lasted only a year in office before his defense minister, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, moved to wrest power from him. El-Sissi has been president ever since.

    Egyptian authorities did not immediately disclose the cause of death. The public prosecutor said in a statement that Morsi was taken to a hospital after his collapse, and pronounced dead there. It said there would be a forensic report, but

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