An Egyptian academic has died in prison several years after he was handed over to Cairo by Kuwaiti authorities, Arabic news site Arabi21 reported on Friday. Samir Younis, 67, was handed over to Egypt by Kuwait around five years ago, the report states. Younis, a former university professor at Egypt’s Helwan University had been working in Kuwait for over 25 years. He was wanted, and later convicted by the Egyptian government for allegedly holding a leadership position in the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group. Egypt regularly uses accusations of supporting or financing “terrorism”, or joining…