Saudi Arabia: Blogger gets 10 yrs. and 1000 lashes for insulting Islam

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Source: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/0...s-inhumane-sentence-proves-kingdom-brutality/

Saudi blogger's wife says inhumane sentence proves Kingdom's brutality
By Lisa Daftari
Published May 08, 2014
FoxNews.com

The sentencing of a prominent Saudi blogger to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam shows the Kingdom is run by radical Islamists who leave no room for dissent, his wife told FoxNews.com.

Raif Badawi, co-founder of the ?Saudi Arabian Liberals? website and a well-known thinker and blogger, has been accused of writing anti-Islamic discourse online. His wife, who fled the nation two years ago and now lives near Montreal, said Badawi is ?paying the price? for believing in freedom of expression...

 

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Re: Saudi Arabia: Blogger gets 10 yrs. and 1000 lashes for insulting Islam

Source: http://www.indiablooms.com/ibns_new...s-conviction-sentencing-of-saudi-blogger.html


UN condemns conviction, sentencing of Saudi blogger
India Blooms News Service

New York, May 16 (IBNS): A group of independent United Nations human rights experts on Thursday expressed alarm at the conviction by a Saudi court of online activist and blogger Raef Badawi, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes and a 1 million Saudi riyal fine.

?This outrageous conviction should be overturned and Badawi immediately released,? said the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion, Heiner Bielefeldt; the Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, Frank La Rue; the Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. M?ndez; and the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Mads Andenas.

?Badawi is a prisoner of conscience, who has been convicted for peacefully expressing his views on religious and other issues,? they added in a news release.

They recalled the right of all people to ?freely manifest their views in matters of religion or belief and to write, issue and disseminate information and ideas in these areas through any media without interference.?

The detention and charges brought against Badawi ?appear to be part of an ongoing practice of prosecution against people who publicly express dissenting religious views in Saudi Arabia,? they added...