Ahmed Samir Santawy
Prominent Egyptians announce hunger strike in solidarity with political prisoners
Journalist Karim Yehia, human rights activist Mohammed Zaree and anti-torture activist Aida Seif al-Dawla are among those who announced hunger strikes in solidarity with the approximately 60,000 political prisoners in Egypt
Global outcry for the release of Egyptian student
Samir was detained by the Cairo police on February 1 and his whereabouts were unknown till Saturday, February 6
Egyptian student Ahmed Samir Santawy remanded to 15 days in prison
Ahmed Samir Santawy, a student of the Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, was detained by the police in Cairo on February 1, leading to an international outcry
- Uruguay’s Broad Front government renews search for those disappeared by military dictatorship
- Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood, confiscates its assets after alleged security plot
- Medics on hunger strike against Gaza genocide reach European Parliament
- Samidoun Europe coordinator targeted again by Belgian police
- Syria’s interim government arrests senior Palestinian resistance leaders
