Please don’t flog the bloggers
by Tom Sullivan
Why, how Enlightenment of them:
The case of a Saudi blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes has been referred to the Supreme Court by the king’s office, the BBC has learned.
Blogger Raif Badawi’s wife said the referral, made before he was flogged 50 times last Friday, gave him hope that officials would end his punishment.
A second round of lashings was postponed for medical reasons.
The punishment of Badawi, who was also fined and sentenced to 10 years in prison, caused international outcry.
Badawi established Liberal Saudi Network, a now-closed online forum that sought to encourage debate on religious and political matters in Saudi Arabia in 2008.
Ah! Can’t have that. Nope.
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