 For more videos on people's struggles, please subscribe to our YouTube channel. Ahmed Sameer Santavi is the latest victim of the Egyptian government's intimidation of academics and students studying abroad. Sameer, an Egyptian student at the Central European University in Vienna, was remanded for a period of 15 days on February 6th. Sameer was detained by the Cairo police on February 1st and his whereabouts were unknown till Saturday leading to a global outcry. Media houses quoted Sameer's lawyers Nabi Al-Ginadi as saying that the student had been hit in the face repeatedly during a period of detention. According to reports, Ahmed Sameer, a second-year student of the M.A. Sociology-Social Anthropology Program, was interrogated at Sharm el-Sheik International Airport upon his arrival on December 15th. On January 23rd at 2 a.m. in the morning, armed security personnel searched Ahmed's house in Cairo. On February 1st, Ahmed voluntarily presented himself at the 5th District Police Station as demanded by the authorities where he was detained by the National Security Police. Following his detention, students and teachers of C.E.U. had condemned the action by the Egyptian authorities and demanded his immediate release. Michael Ignatiev, Rector and President of the University, issued a statement on February 4th saying that there were no charges brought against Sameer. He also called for Sameer's immediate release and safe return to his family and studies. A hashtag campaign, whereas Ahmed Sameer, which was initiated by the students, also gained traction on social media platforms. The leftist bread and freedom party also raised similar demands calling on authorities to release Sameer and stop the policy of summoning and illegal detention and prosecution of researchers, writers and all citizens. Sameer's detention and demand is not an isolated incident. In February 2020, Patrick Zaki, a student of the University of Bologna in Italy and a researcher with an Egyptian initiative for personal rights, was arrested at Cairo International Airport. He remains in detention on charges such as disseminating false news and attempting to incite protests. In May 2018, Balit Salim, a PhD researcher at the University of Washington, was similarly arrested. Salim was working on the country's judicial system. In January 2016, 28-year-old Giulio Reggiani, a PhD student at Cambridge University from Italy, who was researching trade unions, was kidnapped, tortured and killed in Cairo.