The highly disturbing and condemnable sentencing of President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt to 20 years imprisonment on dubious charges warrant unequivocal rejection from all quarters.

The El-Sisi regime; which only came together through a coup delivered such an atrocious injustice against not merely hundreds but thousands - as many as 3,000 political prisoners; sentenced to death in mass trials.

These trials were severely criticised by human rights organisations around the world. Lest we forget, there remains also 18,000 other imprisoned political prisoners.

Mohamed Morsi is the rightful president of Egypt, the first and the only freely elected by the Egyptian to office by winning over 52 percent of the votes until he was removed through the 3rd July 2013 coup-d'etat.

The El-Sisi regime must immediately free Mohamed Morsi and also release all existing political prisoners.

Malaysia together with the rest of the international world must brave the terrain of political correctness and right the wrongs that continue to be perpetrated by an illegal regime brought to life through an equally illegal coup.

NURUL IZZAH ANWAR is PKR vice-president and Lembah Pantai MP