Badawi Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/badawi/ 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. Sat, 28 Apr 2018 18:22:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Badawi Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/badawi/ 32 32 59910430 CCS Asks New Saudi King to Reconsider Badawi Case https://concernedscientists.org/2018/04/ccs-asks-new-saudi-king-to-reconsider-badawi-case/ Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:43:52 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6933 Crown Prince Salman has become the new King of Saudi Arabia with a more progressive view of government and his country.  With this in mind, the Committee of Concerned Scientists have approached the new King requesting that he review the Badawi case and consider dropping his charges and releasing him from confinement.  The King’s views […]

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]]> 6933 Raif Badawi Awarded Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism by the Los Angeles Press Club https://concernedscientists.org/2018/04/raif-badawi-awarded-daniel-pearl-award-for-courage-and-integrity-in-journalism-by-the-los-angeles-press-club/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 01:36:42 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6891 Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabian blogger, imprisoned since 2012 for “insulting Islam,” will be recognized by the Los Angeles Press Club with the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism. His wife will accept this award for him on June 24. The Press Club President, Chris Palmeri, said the press club is demanding Badawi’s […]

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]]> 6891 Raif Badawi Still In Jail in Saudi Arabia for Critical Blog https://concernedscientists.org/2017/11/raif-badawi-still-in-jail-in-saudi-arabia-for-critical-blog/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 01:08:38 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=6459 Raif Badawi still in jail in Saudi Arabia for a blog critical of the Saudi Arabian government. It was a non-violent expression of his opinion that led to a sentence of 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes. The Committee of Concerned Scientists has written the new leader of Saudi Arabia in hopes that he will […]

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