Saudis 'to review' flogging of blogger Raif Badawi

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

16 January 2015 Last updated at 21:13 GMT

Saudis 'to review' flogging of blogger Raif Badawi

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.

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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.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30856403

[Denzil_DC]

1. Kick in hope.

Amnesty International suggests "Five ways you can help Raif Badawi":

1. Tweet Saudi Arabia
2. Get your government to pressure Saudi Arabia
3. Contact the Saudi Arabian embassy in your country
4. Demonstrate outside the Saudi Arabian embassy
5. Tweet your support to Raif and his family

Details, addresses etc. at the link above.

[Jesus Malverde]

3. How about tweet John Kerry.

Call the state department.

Lobby congress to put them on the sponsors of terror list.

Freeze their bank accounts.

Demand the President Obama release the 28 pages that details the collusion between the saudis and the 9/11 hijackers.

The solutions start with us not them.

[Jesus Malverde]

2. The saudi's are monsters and we are their accomplices.

They are the leading funders of terror and we give them a pass.

Release the 28 pages.