QCEA urges release of political prisoners
'COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, a resort town on the Red Sea, has been mired in controversy due to the country’s human rights record.'
Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has been participating in informal exchanges with Egyptian civil society and other organisations coordinating action around the UN climate summit COP27 in Egypt this month. The meetings have been held to learn how QCEA can ‘best support local claims and concerns around the summit’, according to QCEA’s latest newsletter Around Europe. This month’s COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, a resort town on the Red Sea, has been mired in controversy due to the country’s human rights record. This has led civil society groups to demand the UN to move COP27 from Egypt, citing as an additional factor Egypt’s failure to take action for climate, like reducing the country’s greenhouse gas emissions or establishing effective environmental protection measures.
