Saudi blogger Raif Badawi's sentence suspended: Swiss official

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: CBC

A Swiss newspaper is reporting that imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi could have his sentence of 1,000 lashes suspended, but Amnesty International has yet to confirm the news.
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Badawi was arrested in June 2012 for criticizing Saudi Arabian clerics on his website. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes. He was also fined $266,000.

Because 1,000 lashes at once would likely be fatal, Saudi judges decreed that Badawi would be whipped in instalments of 50 lashes spread out over 20 weeks.

However, the first lashing left Badawi so badly injured that his subsequent weekly sessions were postponed.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/raif-badawi-sentence-suspended-swiss-official-1.3341687

[valerief]

1. He's being treated just like a woman. Well, except for the postponement. nt

[christx30]

2. In a just world,

sanctions would be placed on the Saudis that are so restrictive, they couldn't sell a drop of oil or buy a tomato on the world market, and would continue until they cleaned up their human rights record.
But in our world, billions of dollars pass through that country every day. And they sue to protect their reputation from being compared to ISIS.

[Bluenorthwest]

3. Here's a link to the chart they are all upset about.

https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/557589962724769792/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

[christx30]

5. I can't argue with anything on that list.

Seems pretty must straightforward to me.

[Red Mountain]

4. Done with them.

Cut ties or justify why we need to continue them in the face of their horrendous civil rights abuses and funding of terrorist groups.

They're epic fucking assholes. Done.

[840high]

6. Amen.