FIFTEEN Nobel Prize laureates have called on world leaders attending the upcoming Cop27 climate conference in Egypt “not to forget about the thousands of political prisoners” languishing inside the country’s jails.

The 27th United Nations Climate Change conference, which is sponsored by Coca-Cola and a host of other corporate entities this year, is due to take place in the Red Sea town of Sharm el-Sheikh this Sunday.

The conference this year has attracted criticism due to the awful human rights record of the host nation, where thousands of activists, journalists, students, opposition politicians and others have been arbitrarily detained and tried in military courts for criticism of the government.