crystalgenie
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Saudi king 'halts flogging of blogger facing 1,000 lashes' after Middle Eastern country accused of 'outrageous inhumanity'
An internet blogger facing 1,000 lashes for criticising clerics in Saudi Arabia was given new hope last night after the apparent intervention of the king.
Bowing to massive international pressure, King Abdullah has referred the case of Raif Badawi to the country's supreme court.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...used-outrageous-inhumanity.html#ixzz3P6k6mHxy
I am so glad. If the person with the cellphone had not risked their life to film the flogging, I do not believe it would have seemed real to most of the western world.
If we want things to change it starts with supporting the activists, in the Islamic countries, who are trying to illicit the change. Please take time to at least look up Raif Badawi's story and sign the petition and send a letter to King Abdullah. The flogging has been stopped and the case referred to the supreme court. One hopes that the Saudis are looking for a way out and he will just be banished from the kingdom and can join his wife and two little children in Canada.
This is the link to the petition/letter that Amnesty International is sending to the King and upper echelons.
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/saudi-arabia-free-raif-badawi-flogged-blogger
An internet blogger facing 1,000 lashes for criticising clerics in Saudi Arabia was given new hope last night after the apparent intervention of the king.
Bowing to massive international pressure, King Abdullah has referred the case of Raif Badawi to the country's supreme court.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...used-outrageous-inhumanity.html#ixzz3P6k6mHxy
I am so glad. If the person with the cellphone had not risked their life to film the flogging, I do not believe it would have seemed real to most of the western world.
If we want things to change it starts with supporting the activists, in the Islamic countries, who are trying to illicit the change. Please take time to at least look up Raif Badawi's story and sign the petition and send a letter to King Abdullah. The flogging has been stopped and the case referred to the supreme court. One hopes that the Saudis are looking for a way out and he will just be banished from the kingdom and can join his wife and two little children in Canada.
This is the link to the petition/letter that Amnesty International is sending to the King and upper echelons.
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/saudi-arabia-free-raif-badawi-flogged-blogger