Freedom of speech Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/freedom-of-speech/ 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. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 22:48:21 +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 Freedom of speech Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/freedom-of-speech/ 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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]]> 4677 Saudi Court of Appeals Upholds Flogging Sentence of Blogger https://concernedscientists.org/2015/06/saudi-court-of-appeals-upholds-flogging-sentence-of-blogger/ Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:49:20 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4294 The Committee of Concerned Scientists appeals to fellow academics to protest this offense against human rights, international law and every humane standard that would subject Raif Badawi to multiple floggings for the offense of expressing his opinion. Take Action: Sign the Petition June 10, 2015 Dr. John L. Hennessy President of Stanford University Building 10, […]

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