CAIRO
The Muslim Brotherhood expressed late Sunday concerns about the health condition and safety of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
"We hold the leaders of the coup, the coup government and the prosecution the full responsibility for the safety of president Morsi," the group said in a statement, a copy of which was mailed to Anadolu Agency.
It called for allowing Morsi's family and lawyers to meet him.
The Brotherhood criticized the prosecution's refusal to allow lawyers to meet the ousted president.
"This raises many questions about the whereabouts of the president, his treatment, and his safety," it added.
A request filed by Egyptian lawyers to visit Morsi at Alexandria's Burg al-Arab Prison was denied by the country’s prosecution Saturday on "security reasons."
Last month, privately-owned daily Al-Masry al-Youm quoted Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim as saying that Morsi would not be allowed to meet with lawyers for "security reasons."
Morsi was flown to the maximum-security prison after appearing in court with seven other defendants to answer charges that he had incited the murder of anti-government demonstrators late last year.
The deposed leader first showed up in court on November 4. It was his first public appearance since his July 3 ouster and subsequent arrest by the military.
Morsi's supporters insist that the charges against the ousted president – like those arrayed against other leading Muslim Brotherhood members and Islamist figures – are politically motivated.
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