European Parliament Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/european-parliament/ 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. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:55:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 European Parliament Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/european-parliament/ 32 32 59910430 Political Science Professor and Former Member of Parliament Arrested https://concernedscientists.org/2017/01/political-science-professor-and-former-member-of-parliament-arrested/ Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:48:34 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5779 Dr. Merera Gudina, a political science professor who is also a former Member of Parliament and a leader in asserting the political interests of the Oromo people of Ethiopia, was arrested on November 30 upon his return to Ethiopia after a meeting at the European Parliament. We believe he was detained because of his association […]

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]]> 5779 Ilham Tohti, Peaceful Advocate for Uighur Community, Wins Martin Ennals Award; also a Finalist for Sakharov Prize https://concernedscientists.org/2016/10/ilham-tohti-peaceful-advocate-for-uighur-community-wins-martin-ennals-award-also-a-finalist-for-sakharov-prize/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 14:27:27 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5659 Ilham Tohti, a peaceful advocate of China’s Uighur community, currently serving a life sentence in a Chinese prison, was awarded the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders by a group of human rights organizations; Tohti was also a finalist for  the prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The Sakharov prize is awarded annually by […]

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]]> 5659 Raif Badawi, Saudi Blogger, is Awarded the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought https://concernedscientists.org/2015/11/raif-badawi-saudi-blogger-is-awarded-the-european-parliaments-sakharov-prize-for-freedom-of-thought/ Mon, 02 Nov 2015 21:45:19 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4587 Raif Badawi, on October 29, was awarded the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.  Badawi is a blogger from Saudi Arabia currently serving a prison sentence for insulting Islam on his website.   Related articles Jailed, flogged Saudi blogger Badawi wins EU rights prize (washingtonpost.com) Sakharov Prize: nominations for 2015 unveiled (appablog.wordpress.com)

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