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Despite growing international outcry, Saudi blogger to be whipped 1000 times in threat to his life | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Saudi Arabia has decided to uphold its decision to sentence Raif Badawi, a 31-year-old blogger who was imprisoned in 2012 after being charged for insulting Islam through his website, to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes in public, Badawi’s wife said Sunday. Badawi’s sentence also included a $266,000 fine and prevents him from traveling abroad…

Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has upheld a 10-year prison sentence and 1,000 lashes for the jailed blogger Raif Badawi, according to the human rights group Amnesty International. Ensaf Haidar, Badawi’s wife, told Al Jazeera that the case was under review for several months and his family were “shocked by the decision”. “We had had some hope…

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