Human Rights Watch has criticised the appointment of Egypt to host the next climate summit, COP27, warning the government would use it to ‘whitewash its appalling record of human rights abuses’.
The Arab country was selected last week to host the next climate summit slated for late 2022.
The rights group has also noted that Egypt’s restrictive assembly laws and choice of hosting the summit would prevent grassroot protests, which has been a visible feature at previous conferences.