Hopp om benådning för bloggaren Raif Badawi
Hopp har väckts om benådning för den fängslade saudiske bloggaren Raif Badawi, skriver internationella nyhetsbyråer. Uppgiften kommer från Yves Rossier, vid Schweiz utrikesdepartement, som hävdar att en process för benådning pågår.
– Jag hoppas att det stämmer, säger Badawis hustru Ensaf Haidar som bor i Kanada tillsammans med parets tre barn.
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Raif Badawi
Wikipedia (en)
Raif Badawi (Arabic: رائف بدوي), whose name is also transcribed as Raef Badawi, born January 13, 1984, is a Saudi Arabian writer, dissident, and activist, and the creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals.
Badawi was arrested in 2012 on a charge of "insulting Islam through electronic channels" and brought to court on several charges, including apostasy. In 2013 he was convicted on several charges and sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes. In 2014 his sentence was increased to 10 years in prison, 1000 lashes, and a fine. The flogging was to be carried out over 20 weeks. The first 50 lashes were administered on January 9, 2015. The second flogging has been postponed more than twelve times. The reason for the most recent postponement is unknown, but the previous scheduled floggings were delayed due to Badawi's poor health. Badawi is known to have hypertension and his health has worsened since the flogging began. His wife, Ensaf Haidar, who took refuge in Canada after her life was threatened in Saudi Arabia, has said Badawi will not be able to survive further flogging.
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