Flogging Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/flogging/ 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, 09 Sep 2021 16:27:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Flogging Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/flogging/ 32 32 59910430 CCS Urges Saudi King to Pardon Blogger https://concernedscientists.org/2015/12/ccs-urges-saudi-king-to-pardon-blogger/ Tue, 01 Dec 2015 19:03:10 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4677 CCS wrote to the King of Saudi Arabia, requesting a pardon for Raif Badawi, a Saudi Arabian blogger who was sentenced to a 10-year prison term as well as weekly floggings for “insulting Islam through electronic channels.” By subjecting Badawi to torture, Saudi Arabia violates agreements that it is party to: The UN Convention Against Torture and the […]

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