Amnesty International's Secretary General Agnes Callamard urged Egyptian authorities to allow an “independent” medical assessment for pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who is on a hunger and water strike in an Egyptian prison. Prison authorities have told Abdel-Fattah's family that they have intervened medically with the activist. “We are very alarmed. Why? Because the prison system in Egypt is abysmal in its treatment, medical treatment of prisoners,” said Callamard. “He should have access to independent medical doctor.” Speaking to The Associated Press at the U.N. climate conference in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, the rights defender called for Egyptian...