Saudis Begin Public Caning to Punish a Blogger
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Source: NY Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon The authorities in Saudi Arabia on Friday began the public flogging of a blogger who was sentenced to 1,000 blows, 10 years in prison and a large fine for starting a website that featured content critical of the countrys religious establishment, the rights group Amnesty International reported.
The floggings are to be administered with a cane over a period of months.
The blogger, Raif Badawi, was arrested after starting a website called Free Saudi Liberals, and he was later convicted of charges that included cybercrime and parental disobedience.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/world/middleeast/saudis-begin-public-caning-of-blogger-first-50-of-1000-blows-are-administered.html?ref=world
Meanwhile - our friends the Saudis continue fomenting and financing the religious extremists causing chaos throughout the world.
samsingh
(17,571 posts)warrprayer
(4,734 posts)around the world
randys1
(16,286 posts)Your average teapartier might be interested in torturing/caning american liberals for speaking out, come to think of it
Lionel Mandrake
(4,073 posts)Only political expedience prevents US leaders from condemning this and other abuses prevalent in Saudi Arabia.