33 year’s old : 1694 days – 15 hours – 31 min – 50 sec. in prison Raif didn’t see his children since 5 years. Today is Raïf’s birthday. It should be a day filled with joy. But sadly, there is still as much disbelief and confusion about the fate of this man who has been suffering in jail for the past 4 years, far from his […]
TO RAIF’S SUPPORTERS : THANK YOU! Ensaf Haidar – I am writing this letter today to express how thankful we are my family and I for your continuous support to Raif’s cause. Unfortunately, Raif is not the only journalist in the world facing a punishment and Saudi Arabia is not the only country in the world where […]
Diana Mehta / The Canadian Press – TORONTO – Every year a number of Canadians and permanent residents find themselves behind bars in foreign countries — 2016 was no exception. Some cases have been called unjust, others are in the process of being prosecuted and in a handful of cases, some detained Canadians were released […]
Ensaf Haidar – author, co-founder of the Raif Badawi Foundation and the wife imprisoned human rights icon Raif Badawi – has today received Liberal International’s (LI) 2016 Prize for Freedom on behalf of her husband at a special ceremony in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. Receiving the award from Mr. Markus Loening, Germany’s former Federal Commissioner for Human Rights […]
Will be present President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Group in the European Parliament, Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, who is also the former Prime Minister of Belgium. En présence de nombreux dignitaires dont le président de l’Alliance des Libéraux et Démocrates d’Europe, ancien Premier ministre de la Belgique, Mr. Guy Verhofstadt […]
Every year, the first of December I/Göteborgs Handels- and Sjöfartstidning, gives a price to a person who have, with great personal risk, in action stood up for the values that we call civilized. The price is called the Holme award and is presented annually, on December 1st, commemorating the anniversary of the day Rosa Parks by […]
NEWSWEEK – By Ensaf Haidar President-elect Donald Trump, the American people voted you as the future 45th President of the United States and entrusted you with many missions and responsibilities. As head of a great democracy you will be the defender of what the forefathers of the American nation cherished the most: liberty and freedom […]
CTV – News – Graham Slaughter, CTVNews.ca Writer@grahamslaughter Saudi Arabia, a country with one of the worst human rights records, met with officials in Ottawa. Joyce Napier has the details. The Liberal government is facing harsh criticism over a closed-door meeting between the foreign affairs minister and the president of Saudi Arabia’s human rights commission — […]
THE GLOBE AND MAIL – STEVEN CHASE Former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler says there are growing fears that Saudi Arabia will resume flogging Raif Badawi, jailed for “insulting Islam,” now that the kingdom has again secured a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. Mr. Cotler, who serves as international counsel to Mr. Badawi, is calling […]
NEWSWEEK – BY JACK MOORE Defenders of imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi are readying to take his case to the highest levels of international diplomacy after Saudi Arabia rejected a call to release him and allow him to join his family in Canada. Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion requested that Badawi be released to the country, where Canadian authorities […]