Nobel winners appeal for action on Egypt’s political prisoners

The family of imprisoned activist Abdel-Fattah said that he will go on a full hunger strike (Nariman El-Mofty/AP/PA)

A group of winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature urged world leaders on Wednesday to raise human rights issues as they visit Egypt for the Cop27 climate change conference.

In a letter sent to various heads of state, the group of 15 Nobel Laureates asked the visiting diplomats and politicians to “devote part of your agenda to the many thousands of political prisoners held in Egypt’s prisons”.