Egypt has days to save jailed activist Alaa Abdel Fattah's life, Amnesty chief warns

Activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah sits in a cage at his trial with 25 other defendants in Cairo, Egypt, on May 23, 2015. © Khaled Desouki, AFP

Amnesty International's head on Sunday warned that the proceedings of COP27 in Egypt could be stained by the death of one of the country's leading rights activists from a hunger and water strike in prison if Egyptian authorities do not release him within days. 

Secretary General of Amnesty International Agnes Callamard said Egypt had no more than 72 hours to save the life of jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is also a U.K. citizen.