The sun sets over Namirah mosque on the plains of Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca October 3, 2014. Raif Badawi, a Saudi blogger, was sentenced under the country ...

Badawi is being publicly flogged 50 times each week over 20 weeks for insulting Islam. He is set to receive 50 lashes Friday in the Saudi port... Jailed Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Faces Second Round Of ...

Raif Badawi, the Saudi blogger jailed for criticizing Islam, has had his weekly lashes delayed for a fifth time according to Amnesty International. National Assembly lends support to Saudi blogger ...

The wife of imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi believes his flogging sentence is expected to resume soon and is imploring the incoming Canadian government to help her husband come to Canada. A ...

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi is facing another 50 lashes on Friday despite protests from Western governments asking that his sentence be overturned. (From Facebook) A Saudi Arabian blogger sentenced to ...

"Candle-lit #FreeRaif vigil for 31-year-old blogger goes ahead at Saudi embassy in London at 5pm today ‘Raif Badawi is still at risk, there is no way of knowing whether the Saudi Arabian authorities ...

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for insulting Islam, was awarded the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on Thursday.

After setting up an online discussion forum promoting free speech and liberalism, Saudi blogger Raif Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a 1,000 lashes; his forum was permanently shut down ...

Amnesty International has received information indicating that the flogging of the free speech activist Raif Badawi has not been carried out today on medical grounds. Though welcome, the postponement ...

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Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who last year was sentenced to receive 1,000 lashes for insulting Islamic religious figures, is due to receive the next round of floggings soon, his wife has claimed.