A member of the Muslim Brotherhood has been tortured to death by Egyptian authorities. The popular Islamist organisation said Saad Sayed Muhammad Qutb, 43, died on Monday at the headquarters of the Egyptian state security forces in Cairo.
"He underwent several sessions of interrogation and different kinds of torture," a statement said. Senior Brotherhood official Sayed Tarili said "this crime exceeds the red lines ... and we will in no case accept this blood-letting and these criminal practices". The Brotherhood's supreme guide, Maamoun al-Hodeibi, said the death was "monstrous and unacceptable... We will file a complaint and demand that the authorities launch an investigation. This must not happen again."
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He added the Brotherhood had "several times in the past warned the authorities against cases of torture" of its members. The Egyptian Human Rights Organisation said the death occurred after he was admitted to Umm al-Misriyine hospital "where he died without having received medical care". It said that the "hospital report mentioned several injuries on the body" and urged the authorities "to take the necessary steps to stop the practice of torture". |