Human rights is still leading headlines in the foreign press: The family of imprisoned political activist Alaa Abdel Fattah said yesterday that he has begun a full hunger strike, days before the start of COP27. Abdel Fattah has been on a partial hunger strike for more than six months but will now escalate his protest while the world’s attention is on Egypt for the global climate summit. The news is getting wide coverage from the Associated Press, CBS News, BBC, and the UK’s PA News Agency.

Also getting ink: AFP and Reuters are covering calls on social media for protests later this month.

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