Nobel Prize winners urge world leaders to raise human rights issues at Egypt climate change conference
Fox News
World leaders attending the COP27 climate summit in Egypt are being urged to bring up human rights issues, specifically the case of prominent imprisoned activist Abdel-Fattah.
Abdel-Fattah’s family said he started a full hunger strike on Tuesday and plans to start denying himself water as of Nov. 6, the first day of the international climate conference. His family has expressed fears that without water he will die before the conference concludes Nov. 18.
Abdel-Fattah, an outspoken dissident and a U.K. citizen, rose to prominence with the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings that swept the Middle East and in Egypt toppled long-time President Hosni Mubarak. The 40-year-old activist spent most of the past decade behind bars and his detention has become a symbol of Egypt’s return to autocratic rule.
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