European Union Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/european-union/ 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. Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:33:09 +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 European Union Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/european-union/ 32 32 59910430 Sebnem Korur Fincanci and Colleagues Released, but Charges Not Dropped https://concernedscientists.org/2016/07/sebnem-korur-fincanci-and-colleagues-released-but-charges-not-dropped/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 19:55:27 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5316 Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, President of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey and professor at Istanbul University, has been released from prison, along with her two colleagues. However, the charges against them have not been dropped. These charges could result in 14 years in prison. CCS has requested that the Turkish authorities drop all charges against Dr. […]

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]]> 5316 EU Response to CCS Request to Help Obtain Release of Rafiee-Fanood https://concernedscientists.org/2016/05/eu-response-to-ccs-request-to-help-obtain-release-of-rafiee-fanood/ Mon, 02 May 2016 15:20:12 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5086 CCS wrote a letter to Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s High Representative, requesting assistance with obtaining the release of Dr. Mohammed Hosein Rafiee-Fanood, by bringing the matter to the attention of  the  President of Iran. A representative of her office responded to the letter.

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]]> 5086 Letters to the EU and Iran in Support of Dr. Rafiee-Fanood https://concernedscientists.org/2016/03/letters-to-the-eu-and-iran-in-support-of-dr-rafiee-fanood/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:29:21 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4998 CCS has written both the President of Iran and the High Representative of the European Union on behalf of Dr. Mohammad Hossein Rafiee-Fanood, a retired professor of chemistry who has been imprisoned in Iran for peacefully expressing his political views. Rafiee was arrested in June 2015 without a court order or justification. Dr. Rafiee’s conviction and […]

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]]> 4998 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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