Ensaf Haidar, wife of Raif Badawi, has learned that her husband has just been transferred to an isolated cell in the Central Prison in Dhahran after undertaking a second hunger strike. The prison authorities have refused to allow him any health care. We urge the Red Cross and/or Doctors Without Borders, and/or any other international […]
The English version of Ensaf Haidar’s book will be released in March. Already available in German. The French version is also coming soon.
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL - By Lynn Desjardins - Saudi blogger Raif Badawi will not be granted Canadian citizenship, reports the Globe and Mail newspaper, because Canada’s foreign affairs minister does not believe that would help free him from a prison in Saudi Arabia. Minister Stephane Dion told the paper Saudia Arabia does not recognize dual citizenship […]
The Trudeau government says it won’t grant imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi Canadian citizenship, arguing this would not help the case of a man sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for blasphemy. Mr. Badawi’s spouse and their three children were granted sanctuary in Canada last year and now live in Sherbrooke, Que. […]
MONTREAL GAZETTE - Actors, activists and media personalities gathered Friday night in Montreal to celebrate the 32nd birthday of Raif Badawi, imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for his writing. A number of actors, including Guylaine Tremblay, read the jailed blogger’s writing at the event. Ensaf Haidar, the wife of Badawi who lives in the Eastern Townships as […]
THE INDEPENDANT UK - By Bill Law - If charged under Saudi Arabia’s draconian anti-terror legislation, Ms Badawi could be facing a lengthy jail sentence The Saudi human rights activist Samar Badawi was released from custody in the early hours of Wednesday morning. But her arrest has inflicted further damage to the reputation of a […]
The Center for Inquiry has learned that Saudi human rights activist Samar Badawi has been arrested for allegedly operating the Twitter account of her husband, jailed human rights attorney Waleed Abu al-Khair. Ms. Badawi is also the sister of jailed dissident Raif Badawi, and Mr. al-Khair was Mr. Badawi’s lawyer before he himself was jailed. […]
Samar Badawi, Raif Badawi’s sister, activist for justice for Saudi women, was arrested and incarcerated in the same prison in which her brother, Raif Badawi, and her husband, Waleed Abulkair, also Raif Badawi’s lawyer, were previously imprisoned in Dharhan, Saudi Arabia. Saudi authorities have accused Samar of contributing to the @WaleedAbulkhair twitter account and also of posting […]
THE INDEPENDENT.IE - by John Masterson - Since the first session of his 1000 lashes the torture has been postponed each week as the religious police feel that it is important that you are in good health when you are flogged. There is no shortage of time. He also got ten years in jail for […]
by Mark Aldrich One year ago today, a young writer was publicly whipped by his government for his writings. His words “insulted” his nation’s official religion, his government decreed. The worst part, of course, was that he published his words and that others in his nation read those words and even shared his opinions. Today […]