Ahmed Samir Santawy Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/ahmed-samir-santawy/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Thu, 27 Jul 2023 08:34:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ahmed Samir Santawy Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/ahmed-samir-santawy/ 32 32 59910430 Political Science Researcher in Egypt Prevented from Resuming Studies in Europe https://concernedscientists.org/2023/07/political-science-researcher-in-egypt-prevented-from-resuming-studies-in-europe/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 08:34:24 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9918 Ahmed Samir Santawy, a student at the Central European University, was served 1.5 years in prison for supposedly spreading fake news before receiving a presidential pardon. However, for the past year, he has been prevented from returning to Europe to continue his studies and reunite with his partner. This travel appears to be continuing retaliation […]

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]]> 9918 Ahmed Samir Santawy Released from Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2022/08/ahmed-samir-santawy-released-from-prison/ Sun, 07 Aug 2022 21:09:53 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9628 Egyptian graduate student in the social sciences Ahmed Samir Santawy, on Friday evening, July 29, was one of a small number of prisoners who received a presidential pardon by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The following day, he was released from prison. International pressure from the scholarly and human rights communities is believed to have […]

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]]> 9628 Political Science Researcher Accused of Spreading Fake News, Sentenced to Three Years in Prison https://concernedscientists.org/2022/07/political-science-researcher-accused-of-spreading-fake-news-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 02:41:43 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9618 Ahmed Samir Santawy, a student of the Central European University, was recently sentenced to three years in prison for “spreading false news. This sentence appears to be retaliation for his research on women’s rights. His arrest is part of a recurring pattern of detaining academics at Cairo Airport and handing them prison terms.

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]]> 9618 Master’s Student in Egypt Sentenced to Prison for Allegedly Publishing “False News” https://concernedscientists.org/2021/08/masters-student-in-egypt-sentenced-to-prison-for-allegedly-publishing-fake-news/ Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:56:49 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9246 Summary: Ahmed Samir Santawy, a Master’s student in Sociology and Social Anthropology at Central European University in Vienna, Austria has been detained since February 2021 and was sentenced in June to four years in prison. It appears that his sentence may be in retaliation for his work with women’s rights.

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