#Essam Derbala
Jamaa Islamiya leading figure Essam Derbala died in prison on Sunday, with the Islamist group saying he was prevented from access to medicine. The Jamaa Islamiya is a hardline Islamist group which was implicated in several militant attacks in Egypt during the 1990s, before its jailed leaders renounced violence in 1998. The group said it holds "political and security authorities" accountable for Derbala's death, in a statement on its website. Jamaa Islamiya said that for months, Derbala was prevented from…
