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Ahmed Samir Santawy

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  • NameAhmed Samir Santawy
  • RoleResearcher on women's reproductive rights in Egypt; graduate of the master's programme in Sociology and Social Anthropology at Central European University, Vienna
  • CountryEgypt
  • Arrested1 Feb 2021
  • StatusAt liberty
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Ahmed Samir Santawy, a graduate student researching women's reproductive rights in Egypt, was sentenced to four years in prison by an emergency court for social media posts, following months of arbitrary detention and ill-treatment. He was released by presidential pardon in July 2022.

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