Amnesty International
We've just heard that Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has decided to
uphold Raif Badawi's sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison.
Let's remind them that blogging is NOT a crime! http://amn.st/6187hAbD
Raif Badawi. Credit: PrivateWe urgently need Saudi Arabia to stop the flogging of Raif Badawi and release him immediately. Here’s how you can help.
In May 2014, the Saudi Arabia government sentenced Raif Badawi to 10
years in prison and 1,000 lashes. He was convicted of insulting Islam
through his writings and on his website, which was set up to encourage
public debate.
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.
Saudi Arabia condemned the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris as
‘cowardly’. The next day, they flogged Raif Badawi for exercising his
right to free expression. We need to expose this hypocrisy. We need to
embarrass them into action, now - if you haven't already, please sign the petition calling for his release.
Here are five more ways you can help.
It would be great if you could include #FreeRaif and @AmnestyOnline on any tweets you send.
