‘He was silent but you could tell that he was in real pain’ | Amnesty's global human rights blog
"Raif raised his head towards the sky, closing his eyes and arching his
back. He was silent, but you could tell from his face and his body that
he was in real pain.The officer beat Raif on his back and legs, counting
the lashes until they reached 50," an eyewitness account of the
flogging today of Raif Badawi an activist in Saudi Arabia sentenced to
10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for setting up a website for public
debate.
Raif
Badawi, founder of a website for political and social debate, has been
held in a SAudi Arabian prison since 17 June 2012 © Private.
