Saudi Arabia, free Raif Badawi

Raif Badawi was flogged in public 50 times in January. He has 950 lashes and nearly a decade in prison left to serve - simply for blogging about free speech.

Mr Badawi established the Liberal Saudi Network, a now-closed online forum that sought to encourage debate on religious and political matters in 2008.
In 2012, he was arrested and charged with "insulting Islam through electronic channels".
In 2013 he was cleared of apostasy, which could have carried a death sentence.

Saudi Arabia enforces a strict version of Islamic law and does not tolerate political dissent. It has some of the highest social media usage rates in the region, and has cracked down on domestic online criticism.

Raif is still due to be publicly flogged 50 times every week after Friday prayers until he has been lashed 1,000 times. Ask Saudi authorities to halt the barbaric punishment and to free this prisoner of conscience. 

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