(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, 06 NOV - Berlin on Sunday accused Egypt
of not living up to its human rights obligations as the country
prepares to host global leaders for the closely-watched COP27
climate talks. The German government's human rights
commissioner, Luise Amtsberg, urged summit host Egypt to release
jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, currently on hunger strike,
and his lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer. "The fact that people who want
to express their opinions freely and stand up for that right are
punished with long prison sentences -- sometimes under inhumane
conditions -- is unacceptable," Amtsberg said in a statement.
"Assuming global responsibility also means, above all, assuming
responsibility for the protection of human rights," Amtsberg
said. "However, the human rights situation in Egypt does not do
justice to this." (ANSA-AFP).
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