Rights groups and activists are calling for world leaders attending COP27 to confront the Egyptian government over its alleged human-rights abuses, particularly its treatment of political prisoners.
In 2019, he was jailed for “joining a terrorist group” and “spreading false news” to undermine national security.
Amnesty’s head, Agnes Callamard, warned Sunday that Egypt had no more than 72 hours to save the jailed dissident's life. After speaking with the sisters on the phone, James Cleverly, Britain’s foreign minister, tweeted that the U.K. would “continue to work tirelessly for his release.” Basing his opinion on recent interviews conducted with people inside Egypt and other data, Richard Pearhouse, Human Rights Watch’s environment director, said by telephone Friday that the violent repression of civil society includes the “jailing and harassment of environmental activists and restrictions on groups researching the impact of climate change in the country."
"My organization has been working in the field of environmental justice for 10 years now," Bahgat said Saturday.
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