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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:10 PM Oct 2015

Saudi blogger's flogging 'to resume', says wife

Source: Telegraph UK

Saudi Arabia is to resume the flogging of Raif Badawi, the blogger whose first 50 lashes became the centre of an international outcry, his wife says she has been told.

Ensaf Haidar, who is now living in Canada with the couple’s children, said the same “informed source” who originally tipped her off to the flogging of her husband in January had told her the punishment was about to resume.

If the statement is true, it will be a snub to Britain, which privately and publicly has intervened in the case, and especially the Prince of Wales, regarded as one of the kingdom’s “oldest friends”, who raised Mr Badawi’s case personally with King Salman on a visit in February.

It may also be a response to the government's decision to drop a contract with the Saudi prison system worth £5.9 million, believed to have been taken in protest at Saudi Arabia's human rights record.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/11958478/Saudi-bloggers-flogging-to-resume-says-wife.html



Apparently flogging bloggers is a tool of the Saudis to score points on the world stage. Sick they are.
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CincyDem

(6,283 posts)
1. With allies like this...
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:28 PM
Oct 2015


...sheesh. And we think of these folks as our friends. WTF is wrong with us.

I know, I know...oil.

Good that we scrapped that Carter plan for energy independence. The critics were right. It would have increased the cost of a gallon of gas to $1.30...and who in their right mind would be willing to pay a buck thirty.

Sheesh.

Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
3. Not oil, oil money
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:34 PM
Oct 2015

The US gets very little oil if any from the Saudis. They do however sell them lots of weapons from US defense contractors.

CincyDem

(6,283 posts)
4. yeah - really good point.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:37 PM
Oct 2015


I guess I knew we didn't get a lot of oil from Saudi but didn't make the connection. When in doubt, follow the money.

Thanks.

byronius

(7,369 posts)
2. Don't forget the Saudi royal family owns a large percentage of Fox -- 24/7 torture advocates.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:33 PM
Oct 2015

They're so North Korea with money.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
8. Let's hit the House of Saud (and other corporate tyrants) where it hurts
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 04:20 PM
Oct 2015

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Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
13. He got in trouble for words he wrote on his website. sucks to not have freedom because of religion
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 08:55 AM
Oct 2015

doubt any of the '3 original religions' will ever go away but they all could use some evolution, upgrades and separating from government laws.

 

Elmergantry

(884 posts)
15. Well I agree it does suck.
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 09:38 AM
Oct 2015

Islam certainly could use a healthy does of evolution. Seem to be stuck in the 7th century. But it is something they have to do for themselves.

 

Humanist_Activist

(7,670 posts)
18. Because its unjust and oppresses people? Cultural relativism is bullshit.
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 12:26 PM
Oct 2015

Am I saying we should intervene militarily? No, but other pressures can be applied, economic, political, diplomatic, etc.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
12. Just the thought of this is such torture for his family. Must be almost as bad for USA families,
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 08:46 AM
Oct 2015

when they know a family member is stuck in one of Americas prisons for sometimes many decades. Mental torture for all.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,158 posts)
17. Saudi blogger Raif Badawi awarded Sakharov human rights prize
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 08:31 AM
Oct 2015
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose flogging sentence caused an outcry, has been awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov human rights prize.

Parliament President Martin Schulz urged Saudi King Salman "to free him, so he can accept the prize".
...
Earlier this month he also won the Pen Pinter Prize for championing free speech.

The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded by the European Parliament since 1988 to individuals or organisations for their contribution to the fight for human rights and democracy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34667260

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
19. for the thousandth time-- FUCK THE SAUDIS
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 04:04 PM
Oct 2015

they are a malevolent, evil force on this planet, between their oil and their religion.

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