Egypt: Public Prosecution called on to investigate the torture, medical negligence and assault of Douma and Santawy in Tora Prison

27/07/2022

Joint Statement The torture and assault of political activist Ahmed Douma, and the medical negligence and assault of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy is condemned by […]

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CFJ: President Biden should acknowledge UN resolutions issued for detainees in Egypt and Saudi Arabia

27/07/2022

Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 21 July 2022 Yasmine Omar, the United Nations and Regional Manager at the Committee for Justice, stressed […]

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Egypt: Researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy sentenced to 3 years in prison because of his women’s rights work 

04/07/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 4 July 2022  Egypt’s Emergency State Security Misdemeanor Court on Monday issued a new ruling […]

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The case of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy

04/07/2022

Misdemeanors/Criminal case number No. 774 of 2021 Misdemeanor, First Settlement  Case registration number  No. 877 of 2021, Supreme State Security   Name of the case in […]

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Egypt: Court holds first session in the retrial of activist and researcher Ahmed Samir Santawi

06/06/2022

The Supreme State Security Misdemeanors Court on Monday June 6 held its first session in the retrial of the Egyptian activist and researcher, Ahmed Samir […]

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Egypt: President Sisi must order immediate release of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, sentenced to four years in prison

23/06/2021

The undersigned rights organizations condemn the sentencing of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy to four years in prison, on 22 June, by the Emergency Supreme State […]

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Egyptian human rights organizations condemn Referring researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy to the Emergency Supreme State Security Court and demand his unconditional release

01/06/2021

June 1, 2021 The undersigned organizations condemn the referral of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s student at the Central European University in Austria (CEU), […]

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EGYPT: 74 NGOS URGE EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE RESEARCHER AHMED SAMIR SANTAWY

14/04/2021

We, the undersigned 74 organizations, call upon the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release 29-year-old student and researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, who has been […]

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Egypt: Release Ahmed Samir Santawy and end crackdown on researchers

12/02/2021

12 February 2021 The undersigned Egyptian human rights organizations call on the Public Prosecution to release Ahmed Samir Santawy, a master’s researcher at the Central […]

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