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Morsi Foundation for Democracy…an international human rights institution to defend the Egyptian revolution

British lawyer Toby Cadman, Chairman of International Law Firms and Chairman of the Guernica 37 Foundation, announced that International For international law and human rights and a lawyer at the International Criminal Court, he announced the inauguration of the “Morsi Foundation for Democracy” as an international institution bearing the name of the late Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, to commemorate his memory, and to work to continue his “peaceful approach and struggle in supporting democracy, justice, and human rights.” Cadman pointed out, in the press conference he held, on June 17, 2020, at the headquarters Foundation In the British capital, London, until the inauguration of the “Morsi Foundation for Democracy” comes on the first anniversary of the passing of President Morsi, the first elected civilian president in the history of Egypt, at the request of the president’s family. The president’s family launched the foundation to be concerned with defending freedom and democracy in the world, and supporting efforts to combat corruption, according to the statement read by Cadmin, in which he called on “the American administration to act based on its legal responsibility towards the children of the late Egyptian leader, who hold American citizenship and face persecution under the regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.” Among the late president’s children, his eldest son, “Ahmed,” and his daughter, “Al-Shaima,” hold American citizenship. Given that they were born in the United States when Morsi was working in the United States in the 1980s. Kadman also called on the United Nations to “ensure an effective investigation into the circumstances of the death of Egypt’s first democratically elected civilian president and bring the perpetrators to justice.” He pointed out that “members of the Morsi family, who remained in Egypt, were subjected to harassment and political revenge.” He explained: “As Osama Morsi is still arbitrarily detained and no one has seen him since he attended the secret burial of his brother Abdullah, who died in mysterious circumstances less than three months after the death of his father.” He continued: “Other family members continue to face daily state-supported harassment.” He added: “There has been no official investigation into the circumstances of Morsi’s death, and the legal team is repeating its demand for a judicial investigation to prove the truth and hold those responsible accountable.” The statement stated that on the anniversary of the death of the former president, the “Morsi Foundation for Democracy” was officially established in the United Kingdom, “based on the will of Abdullah Morsi, before his tragic death, and it will serve as an international civil society movement, a non-profit organization that defends freedom and democracy around the world.” He added: “The Foundation will support everyone who fights corruption, tyranny and occupation and will serve as a platform for justice and peace around the world.”

Strong launch

The inauguration statement said, “On this day last year, and in these hours, the people of Egypt and the world received news of the death of President Morsi in the hall of one of the Egyptian courts, which, after the military coup on July 3, 2013, continued to provide an unconstitutional or legal model that violates the constitutional provisions for the trials of the president and those challenged by his loyalty in accordance with the Egyptian Constitution.” He added: “Also, those courts hid the president behind a glass cage insulating against sound and vision, violated all of his constitutional, legal, and human rights, subjected him to oppression and slow killing, and denied him medicine, food, visits, and his right to defense, in addition to the forced disappearance of the president, which is a crime that occurred after the military coup and has no statute of limitations.” He went on to say: “From the moment the death was announced on Egyptian state television, the violations against President Morsi continued even after his death. His defense team did not receive the forensic report and no official and transparent investigation was conducted into the circumstances of his death. Before his death, he complained more than once about an attempt to kill him and a crime committed against him.” The statement added: “Our team announces that it has already begun implementing the will of the late Abdullah Morsi, the president’s youngest son, who was killed on September 4, 2019, less than 3 months after his father’s death in mysterious circumstances, and was subjected to the same procedures that his father was subjected to after his death. The late Abdullah had entrusted us, in his name and on behalf of his family, to take action in his father’s case, which does not receive any justice in Egypt.”

Abdullah Morsi’s will

The statement confirmed that Abdullah Morsi “recommended action to inaugurate an international institution bearing the name of President Mohamed Morsi that commemorates him and works to continue his approach and peaceful struggle in support of democracy, justice and human rights, and that inauguration occurred on the same day of death that deprived Abdullah, the youngest son, of his father before he met the same fate later.” The statement continued: “Indeed, we have legally established in the British capital, London, the (Morsi Foundation for Democracy), as an international, non-profit civil society institution that does not practice political work, and includes those who believe in the values ​​of freedom and democracy, including those who love it from the nation’s people and from all countries of the world and all those who fight corruption, tyranny and occupation.” He continued: “This institution comes to be a continuation of the approach by which President Morsi lived and died, who believed in democracy, freedom, and human rights, and adhered to the democratic path in confronting and confronting corruption, tyranny, and military coups, and for the institution to be a platform for justice and peace in the world.” He said, “The establishment and establishment of this international institution will benefit the free world and its peoples in multiple fields in light of a pivotal stage in its history in which peoples rise up for independence, freedom and dignity. The president was one of the products of this stage, which he called the Arab Spring stage.” To enter Location Foundation.

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