Egypt\u2019s ousted president Mohamed Morsi has collapsed during a court session and died, according to state television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state broadcaster said on Monday that Morsi, 67, was attending a session in his trial on espionage charges when he blacked out and then died. His body was taken to a hospital, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Morsi, a senior figure in the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, was elected president in 2012 in the country\u2019s first free elections after longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was forced from power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following a wave of mass protests in 2013, the military ousted Morsi and crushed the Brotherhood in a major crackdown, arresting many of the group\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2018, a panel of three British parliamentarians reported that Morsi was being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, with just one hour allowed for exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The politicians \u2013 who formed an independent detention review panel \u2013 said that the conditions of Morsi\u2019s confinement could be classified as torture and could also lead to his premature death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Morsi, who had a history of ill health including diabetes, liver and kidney disease, was not receiving the medical care required, the MPs found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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