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COP27 protesters call for climate reparations, human rights

Sanaa Seif, sister of Egypt's jailed activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, was at the forefront of a demonstration at COP27 [Peter Dejong/AP]

Hundreds of activists at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh have marched calling on industrialised nations to pay for the impact of global warming and demanding freedom for political prisoners.

Chants of “free them all” and “no climate justice without human rights” rang out as activists marched on Saturday through the conference’s “Blue Zone”, which is considered UN territory and ruled by international law.

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