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| + | |name=Raif Badawi | ||
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| + | |wife=Ensaf Haidar | ||
| + | |birthplace=Khobar, Saudi Arabia | ||
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| + | '''Raif Badawi''' (Arabic: رائف بدوي, others translations Raef Badawi) is a Saudi blogger, writer, activist, and political dissident, most well know his arrest in 2012 on the charges of "insulting Islam through electronic channels" on his blog, ''Free Saudi Liberals.''<ref name=ANHRI>{{cite web |url=http://www.anhri.net/en/?p=10728 |title=Prominent Saudi writer’s safety at risk after arrest |date=11 January 2013 |publisher=The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information |accessdate=01 March 2017 |author=PEN International/IFEX}}</ref> Along with the charges of "insulting Islam" was apostasy, which carries the automatic death penalty in Saudi Arabia.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/law/help/apostasy/index.php#saudiarabia Saudi Arabia - Laws Criminalizing Apostasy] Library of Congress (May 2014)</ref> After the first trial in 2013 he was sentenced to 600 lashes, to be delivered fifty at a time weekly, and seven years in prison. In 2014 after an appeal the sentence was increased to ten years in prison and 1,000 lashes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/raif-badawi-atheist-saudi-blogger-faces-further-round-lashes-supporters-say-public-flogging-human-a7372976.html|title=Saudi Arabia is giving an atheist blogger 1,000 lashes|date=2016-10-21|work=The Independent|access-date=2017-03-01|language=en-GB}}</ref>' Despite the apostasy charges, he insists he is a Muslim. | ||
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Template:Bio Raif Badawi (Arabic: رائف بدوي, others translations Raef Badawi) is a Saudi blogger, writer, activist, and political dissident, most well know his arrest in 2012 on the charges of "insulting Islam through electronic channels" on his blog, Free Saudi Liberals.[1] Along with the charges of "insulting Islam" was apostasy, which carries the automatic death penalty in Saudi Arabia.[2] After the first trial in 2013 he was sentenced to 600 lashes, to be delivered fifty at a time weekly, and seven years in prison. In 2014 after an appeal the sentence was increased to ten years in prison and 1,000 lashes.[3]' Despite the apostasy charges, he insists he is a Muslim.
- ↑ PEN International/IFEX (11 January 2013). Prominent Saudi writer’s safety at risk after arrest. The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information. Retrieved on 01 March 2017.
- ↑ Saudi Arabia - Laws Criminalizing Apostasy Library of Congress (May 2014)
- ↑ "Saudi Arabia is giving an atheist blogger 1,000 lashes", The Independent, 2016-10-21. (en-GB)