The former Egyptian presidential candidate and leader of the Strong Egypt party, Abdel Moneim Aboul-Fotouh, is continued to be held in Egyptian prisons amid very difficult detention conditions despite his critical health situation.
Aboul-Fotouh, 71, rejected to receive any family visits in Badr prison in protest against his “fatal” detention conditions, his son Ahmed said.
Ahmed pointed out that his father was recently moved from Tora prison to Badr prison without clothes, where he was held in a solitary cell monitored by surveillance cameras without a bed or a chair.
My father did not receive any medical treatment for eight days despite his difficult health problems, he added.
The politician’s family has repeatedly accused authorities of subjecting him to a “slow death” due to medical negligence and the tough conditions of his solitary confinement.
Earlier in September, Aboul-Fotouh, has warned that he is going through severe medical conditions in jail and has written his final will in his latest letter to his family.
Aboul-Fotouh is one of at least 60,000 political prisoners estimated to have been jailed since Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi took power in a coup in 2013.
Several political figures have died in custody in recent years, including Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, and former MP Essam el-Erian.
Rights groups have said their deaths were most likely due to medical negligence and poor conditions in jails.
According to the Geneva-based Committee for Justice, since Sisi’s coup at least 731 people have died in custody due to denial of healthcare.
