The nominations for Parliament´s 2015 Sakharov Prize were formally presented this Monday 28 September at a joint meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Development committees and the Human Rights subcommittee. The Sakharov prize is awarded every year to honour exceptional individuals who combat intolerance, fanaticism and oppression. The winner will be selected in late October. […]
Ensaf Haidar appears so slight, so diminutive, that you wonder how she will manage in the surging human crush that forms at rush hour around New York’s Penn Station, from where she is waiting to catch a train to Washington DC. The Independent
Front of Washington Post with Mr. Kevin Sullivan “It’s a life of waiting,” said Ensaf Haidar, whose husband, Raif Badawi, a blogger who has been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for almost four years. Haidar, who lives in exile in Canada with their three young children, is in Washington this week, meeting with members of Congress […]
Two of the Foundation’s biggest supporters, Maajid Nawaz and Sam Harris, held a talk yesterday at Harvard University on ‘Islam and the Future of tolerance’. Maajid sits on the Foundation’s International Board of Directors. Amazon.co.uk Widgets
MONTREAL, Sept.11, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Today the Raif Badawi Foundation for Freedom was officially launched by friends and family. The Foundation is named after the blogger, who is imprisoned since 2012. Raif Badawi was condemned to a thousand lashes in Saudi Arabia, for he was accused of apostasy and of insult to Islam. The Foundation’s objectives are to […]
Ensaf Haidar, wife of Raif Badawi, attended Strasbourg, France, today to collect The Medal of honour of the City of Strasbourg on behalf of her imprisoned husband. The ceremony, presided over by The Mayor of Strasbourg, Roland Ries, took place on Wednesday September 9th at Hotel de Ville, Strasbourg. In attendance were Nawel Rafik-Elmrini, Deputy […]
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The German Group of Liberal International (DGLI) has nominated Raif Badawi and his wife Ensaf Haidar for the ‘Prize For Freedom 2016’.