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(41,692 posts) Thu Jan 15, 2015, 03:40 PM Jan 2015

Saudi Blogger Sentenced To 1,000 Lashes May Not Withstand 2nd Round Of Flogging, Says Wife [View all]

A quick note to say that Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan walkked in the Paris March---Fucking hypocrites!

A Saudi Arabian blogger imprisoned for starting a liberal online forum to encourage discussion and debate in his country may not be able to withstand a second flogging this Friday, his wife says.

Raif Badawi was sentenced last May to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes by a Saudi court for “insulting Islam.” Last Friday he endured the first round of lashes -- 50 strikes on the back of his body by a long, hard cane -- in a public flogging held in the city of Jiddah. This Friday, he will reportedly be subjected to a second round of 50 lashes.

“Raif told me he is in a lot of pain after his flogging, his health is poor and I’m certain he will not be able to cope with another round of lashes,” Badawi’s wife, Ensaf Haider, told Amnesty International.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/15/raif-badawi-saudi-blogger-flogging_n_6478520.html

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Saudi Blogger Sentenced To 1,000 Lashes May Not Withstand 2nd Round Of Flogging, Says Wife [View all] trumad Jan 2015 OP

Forgiveness? shenmue Jan 2015 #1

1000 lashes for a website leftynyc Jan 2015 #2

Everyone should have the right to a website, but Bonx Jan 2015 #5

No doubt because the Omnipotent Deity whined and cried because it was insulted. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #3

Once again, our allies... KansDem Jan 2015 #4

Has there been any official condemnation of this from our government? arcane1 Jan 2015 #7

Just the usual bunch of nothing Boreal Jan 2015 #12

You arent wrong, but I imagine the reason we continue as allies has to do with our survival randys1 Jan 2015 #26

The US doesn't need Boreal Jan 2015 #32

I asked in another thread if we rely on them anymore for oil, I take it the answer is NO? randys1 Jan 2015 #33

All oil is sold on the international market Boreal Jan 2015 #37

Barbaric cruelty LittleBlue Jan 2015 #6

It WAS a political farce Boreal Jan 2015 #38

Where are the 'I'm not sure where I come down on this' folks, the 'dont' condone murder but' crowd Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #8

This was said after the massacre in Odessa Boreal Jan 2015 #14

You're comparing a verified story to RT Bullshit? LMAO! stevenleser Jan 2015 #19

I wish there was a Vladimir Putin Group at DU... SidDithers Jan 2015 #40

Fuck your Russia Today trash HERVEPA Jan 2015 #55

One of the last countries to outlaw slavery. In 1962. Rex Jan 2015 #9

Founders of the African slave trade, they were the first in and the last out of that evil Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #10

I know the Arabs were deep into the slave trade Boreal Jan 2015 #15

You are extremely incorrect. The Arabic Slave trade started in the 800's or so. Islam allowed Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #17

Okay, thanks for that Boreal Jan 2015 #20

Women are still slaves there. PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #29

Our eternal friends, the Saudis. hifiguy Jan 2015 #11

I bet he will surprise her Egnever Jan 2015 #13

I don't see how anyone can survive that Boreal Jan 2015 #16

Maybe Darth will stop in to visit his BFFs in the Saudi monarchy. hifiguy Jan 2015 #39

Well, sure, but Boreal Jan 2015 #43

Should Obama have flipped him off? randys1 Jan 2015 #52

There are several DUers who I'd love to see comment on this. But they won't. Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #18

Why is that? Boreal Jan 2015 #21

You really don't get it BainsBane Jan 2015 #25

I'm talking about the Saudi government and people on DU who have claimed it is just like San Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #27

Indeed it is not BainsBane Jan 2015 #31

Excuse me, I am not religious, I think they are all of them bunk, but I have never 'denounced all of Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #36

I never claimed to know about your life BainsBane Jan 2015 #47

I did not address you in this thread. You addressed me. You also mischaracterize what I say Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #48

You mean like how Elliot Rodger was the fault of "#Yesallmen"? Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #49

We agreed to not waste each others time BainsBane Jan 2015 #50

We did? Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #53

Well, then talk to those people BainsBane Jan 2015 #56

Most of the Saudi elite are Western educated these days, the best schools Fumesucker Jan 2015 #22

So, what is your hypotheses? Boreal Jan 2015 #34

What Drives Blasphemy Charges in the Middle East? (It's Not Just Religion) polly7 Jan 2015 #51

I'm in agreement with it Boreal Jan 2015 #58

I was surprised at that too .... it seems like a no-brainer to me. polly7 Jan 2015 #59

because they don't want to Give up their own JI7 Jan 2015 #46

20 X 50 = Death Sentence Octafish Jan 2015 #23

When I was growing up, the news media and others called Saudi Arabia a moderate Arab state. cpwm17 Jan 2015 #24

And those secular Arab states Boreal Jan 2015 #35

That's certainly true and you understand who the propagandists are. nt cpwm17 Jan 2015 #42

Yep, I do Boreal Jan 2015 #45

Islam is the state religion there. randys1 Jan 2015 #28

The prosecution demanded that Raif Badawi be tried for apostasy, which could have carried a death PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #30

Excellent post hifiguy Jan 2015 #41

Amnesty International have a petition against this LeftishBrit Jan 2015 #44

Thanks. Denzil_DC Jan 2015 #57

Barbaric to say the least madokie Jan 2015 #54

It is no less than torture libodem Jan 2015 #60