Saudi Arabia Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/saudi-arabia/ 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=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Saudi Arabia Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/saudi-arabia/ 32 32 59910430 US Citizen, Physician, Imprisoned in Saudi Arabia Since 2017 https://concernedscientists.org/2020/01/us-citizen-physician-imprisoned-in-saudi-arabia-since-2017/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:59:59 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7802 Dr. Walid Fitaihi was arrested in 2017 and held without charges for 21 months. Initially, he was held at the Ritz Carlton hotel for the first three months and then transferred to a prison south of Riyadh. In January 2019, he was transferred to a different prison. Fitaihi is being tried on vague charges linked […]

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]]> 7802 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 Has Written a Book https://concernedscientists.org/2017/01/raif-badawi-has-written-a-book/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 18:14:33 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5757 Raif Badawi, a blogger who was sentenced to flogging by the Saudi Arabian government, has written and published a book of his writings called 1000 Lashes.  It is available at some libraries and on Amazon.

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]]> 5757 Lashes to Be Carried Out for Saudi Arabian Blogger https://concernedscientists.org/2016/10/lashes-to-be-carried-out-for-saudi-arabian-blogger/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 17:22:34 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5681 Raif Badawi, a Saudi blogger who was charged with insulting Islam was sentenced to 10 years in prison and public flogging. He was hurt so badly during the first series of beatings that following ones were postponed. Recently, his family was informed that they would begin again, but not in public. CCS has requested that […]

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]]> 5681 President Obama: Demand that Saudi Arabia Release Badawi and al-Qahtani https://concernedscientists.org/2016/04/president-obama-demand-that-saudi-arabia-release-badawi-and-al-qahtani/ Sun, 24 Apr 2016 17:03:16 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5069 In light of the President’s recent trip to Saudi Arabia, CCS requests his assistance in the release of two prisoners: Mohammed al-Qahtani and Raif Badawi. Mohammed al-Qahtani, a Professor of Economics was sentenced in 2013 to 10 years in prison for speaking out for Human Rights in Saudi Arabia. He co-founded the Saudi Civil and […]

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]]> 5069 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 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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]]> 4587 Saudi Blogger Who Has Been Jailed And Flogged for Insulting Muslim Clerics Awarded Major Free-Speech Award https://concernedscientists.org/2015/10/saudi-blogger-who-has-been-jailed-and-flogged-for-insulting-muslim-clerics-awarded-major-free-speech-award/ Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:42:50 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4557 Raif Badawi was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize (which he shares with British poet James Fenton). Badawi is serving a 10-year sentence for insulting Islam and breaking Saudi Arabia’s technology laws with his liberal blog. Related Articles Flogged Saudi blogger wins Pinter free-speech prize (washingtonpost.com) Raif Badawi (concernedscientists.org)

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]]> 4557 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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