US lawmakers say that thousands of people have been ‘unjustly’ detained since a 2013 coup overthrew Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi. Lawmakers in the US are calling on Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el Sisi to release political prisoners, including many who have been detained since the 2013 military coup. Upwards of 40,000 political prisoners are being held in the country’s prison, the bulk of which are supporters of ...