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Saudi king urged to pardon blogger on third anniversary of arrest
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Publisher:  Reporters Without Borders
Date Written:  19/06/2015
Year Published:  2015  
Resource Type:  Article

On the third anniversary of Raif Badawi's arrest, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its call to Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz to demonstrate clemency and pardon this young blogger.

Abstract:  On the third anniversary of Raif Badawi's arrest, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its call to Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz to demonstrate clemency and pardon this young blogger.

Badawi has been detained since 17 June 2012 for creating an online discussion forum. The sentence passed on him after a series of unfair trials - 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes - was upheld by the supreme court ten days ago. There is no longer any way of obtaining his release by means o...
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