In addition, HRW has criticized authorities for forcing summit participants to download an app that collects personal information and requires access to the camera, microphone and mobile location service.
Euskaraz irakurri: COP27ren aurretikdozenaka pertsona atxilotzen eta manifestaziorako eskubidea mugatzen ari direla salatu dute
The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), which specializes in monitoring the international humanitarian situation, denounced this Sunday that the Egyptian authorities arrested dozens of people who have called for the demonstration in recent days and restricted the right to protest in the days leading up to the COP27 climate summit celebrations in the tourist town of Sharm el Sheikh.
There, authorities have ordered the installation of cameras in all taxis in the area so security services can track passengers and drivers, and have launched an “unnecessarily complex” registration process to limit public participation in the summit, according to HRW.
For HRW’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, Adam Coogle, “it is clear that the Egyptian government” led by ex-military coup leader Abdelfatá al-Sisi “has no intention of altering its illegitimate security measures.” easing or permitting freedom of expression or assembly”.
Among the arrests, HRW highlights that of Indian climate change activist Ajit Rajagopal as he prepared for an eight-day march from Cairo to Sharm el Sheikh. Rajagopal was released the next day after international criticism.
South Sinai province governor Khaled Fouda has warned that security forces will only allow concentrations in designated areas, far from the summit.
HRW also recalls that the Egyptian government requires all attendees to sign a application that collects personal information and requires access to the mobile phone’s camera, microphone, and location service. “A lot of data,” says the group, “that raises concerns about participants’ right to privacy.”
Protest at the gates of COP27. Photo: Efe
Greenpeace deploys solar panels in Madrid
For their part, some 40 Greenpeace activists deployed more than 20 portable solar panels and photovoltaic modules this Sunday at the Temple of Debod in Madrid to demand that the President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, attend the COP27 climate summit “commitments.” of climate justice.
The activists have chosen the Temple of Debod as the “greatest symbol of Egyptian culture in Spain”.
As part of the summit, environmental activists also took action in cities such as Getafe, Zaragoza, Teruel, Valencia, Malaga and Arroyomolinos de León (Huelva).
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