U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed outrage to Egypt’s president at the death of an American citizen who insisted he had been wrongfully held in an Egyptian prison.
Pompeo’s sharp remarks Sunday signal the U.S. government intended to place the death of Mustafa Kassem, 54, following his protracted hunger strike last week, high on the diplomatic agenda.
Pompeo raised his concerns to Egypt's president on the sidelines of an international peace summit in Berlin that aims to end Libya’s civil war.
The case touched a nerve in Washington, which has close security and diplomatic ties with Egypt despite growing unease over its human rights violations.
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