Reposted from Amnesty International Livewire, Jan 15, 2015
On Friday 9 January 2015, Raif received the first 50 of 1,000 painful lashes. An eyewitness said that “he was silent, but you could tell that he was in real pain”. Raif is now due to receive another 50 lashes, probably every Friday for 19 weeks. This can’t be allowed to continue.
1. Tweet Saudi Arabia.
2. Get your government to pressure Saudi Arabia.
3. Contact the Saudi Arabia embassy in your country.
4. Demonstrate outside the Saudi Arabia embassy.
5. Tweet your support to Raif and his family
On Friday 9 January 2015, Raif received the first 50 of 1,000 painful lashes. An eyewitness said that “he was silent, but you could tell that he was in real pain”. Raif is now due to receive another 50 lashes, probably every Friday for 19 weeks. This can’t be allowed to continue.
1. Tweet Saudi Arabia.
2. Get your government to pressure Saudi Arabia.
3. Contact the Saudi Arabia embassy in your country.
4. Demonstrate outside the Saudi Arabia embassy.
5. Tweet your support to Raif and his family
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