"My commitment is... to reject any repression in the name of religion...
a goal we will reach in a peaceful and law-abiding way." — Raif Badawi.
Raif Badawi was not publicly flogged on Friday 30 January for unclear reasons. Unlike in previous weeks he was not called from his cell and examined by the prison doctor. It is unclear why the routine medical check-up did not take place and or why the flogging was postponed.
Raif Badawi was sentenced by the Criminal Court in Jeddah on 7 May 2014
to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes, followed by a 10-year travel
ban, a ban on using media outlets, and a fine of one million Saudi
Arabian riyals (about US$266,600). The conviction and sentence stemmed
from Raif Badawi’s creation of the Saudi Arabian Liberals website (which
the court ordered to be closed) and the accusation that he had
“insulted Islam”. The Court of Appeal in Jeddah upheld the sentence on 1
September. The case is thought to have been referred to the Supreme
Court in December but now is back to the Court of Appeal.
Raif Badawi was not publicly flogged on Friday 30 January for unclear reasons. Unlike in previous weeks he was not called from his cell and examined by the prison doctor. It is unclear why the routine medical check-up did not take place and or why the flogging was postponed.
Raif Badawi was sentenced by the Criminal Court in Jeddah on 7 May 2014
to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes, followed by a 10-year travel
ban, a ban on using media outlets, and a fine of one million Saudi
Arabian riyals (about US$266,600). The conviction and sentence stemmed
from Raif Badawi’s creation of the Saudi Arabian Liberals website (which
the court ordered to be closed) and the accusation that he had
“insulted Islam”. The Court of Appeal in Jeddah upheld the sentence on 1
September. The case is thought to have been referred to the Supreme
Court in December but now is back to the Court of Appeal.