Local, regional and international reactions to the death of former President Mohamed Morsi continued to get attention on the airwaves last night.

A war of words between Human Rights Watch and the State Information Service (SIS) over a series of tweets by the organization’s MENA director Sarah Leah Whitson was the main point of discussion on Al Hayah Al Youm with Lobna Assal last night (watch, runtime: 03:25). Whitson criticized the government for alleged “criminal negligence” following Morsi’s death, prompting the SIS to accuse her in a statement yesterday of spreading lies.

A meeting between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Belarusian counterpart, President Alexander Lukashenko, also earned some airtime last night on Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 03:50). El Sisi also met with a delegation of Belarusian businessmen. The two countries also signed three MoUs, including one to set up a joint business council to boost trade and investment, Hona Al Asema’s Lama Gebriel said from Minsk (watch, runtime: 08:12). We have more on this story in this morning’s Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs section, below.

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