Moustafa Kassem, a US citizen detained in Egypt for more than six years, died in prison Monday after a heart attack stemming from his yearlong hunger strike in protest of his incarceration.
While Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker called Kassem’s death “needless, tragic and avoidable,” it also raises questions as to whether the Donald Trump administration will sanction — as directed by Congress — Egyptian officials involved in his incarceration.
