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Raif Badawi married Ensaf Haidar in 2002 in Saudi Arabia, with Haidar giving birth in 2003 at the Jeddah Public Hospital to their first child, Najwa bint Raif Badawi, in his absence. In the following year, Haidar gave birth to their son, Doudi "Tirad" bin Raif Badawi, in 2004 in Badawi's presence; as well as the birth of their second daughter ...
One such case is peaceful blogger Raif Badawi, who is serving a 10-year sentence for a series of blog posts calling for freedom of religion or belief in the kingdom. The Biden Administration is ...
The Badawi siblings are currently being held in this prison; with the Government of Canada demanding their release, and subsequently the Saudi Arabian Government expelled the Ambassador of Canada to Saudi Arabia and recalled the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Canada, along with diplomatic staff and Saudi Arabian students in Canada.
In 2014, Saudi blogger Raif Badawi's sentence was increased to 1,000 lashes and ten years' imprisonment after he was accused of apostasy in 2012. [38] [39] The lashes were due to take place over 20 weeks. The first round (50) were administered on 9 January 2015, [40] but the second round has been postponed due to medical problems. [41]
In 2008 in Saudi Arabia, after Ra'if Badawi operated a website that criticized that country's religious police and questioned Wahhabi interpretations of Islam, authorities charged him with "setting up an electronic site that insults Islam". Faced with both the possibility of five years' imprisonment and an $800,000 fine, as well as threats ...
Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and for cyber crime, wins the European Union's prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The Sakharov award ceremony will be held in Strasbourg, France on December 16, 2015 while the laureate remains imprisoned.
After three weeks, the campaign had achieved its goals and Badawi was released from prison. [15] Abulkhair represented Raif Badawi, founder of the Saudi Liberal Network Internet discussion group, after he was arrested for establishing the network and charged with "committing violations of legitimacy" and "insulting the Divine self". [16]
International relations The Palestine Authority signs a treaty to join and participate in the International Criminal Court. (Wall Street Journal) The Eurasian Economic Union between Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia comes into effect (Novinite) Law and crime Vietnam ’s new marriage law goes into effect, abolishing regulations that “prohibit marriage between people of the ...