Call on Saudi Arabian authorities to reverse this outrageous sentence
We can't let what happened this morning in Saudi Arabia happen again next week
Dear friends,
If there ever was a moment we need supporters of human rights to speak up, this is it.
In a vicious, inhumane act of cruelty, Raif Badawi was flogged 50 times this morning in public outside of the al-Jafali mosque in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
He is at risk of receiving the remaining 950 lashes over the coming weeks, as per his sentence, for the "crime" of creating the Saudi Arabian Liberals website and the accusation that he had “insulted Islam”.
If there ever was a moment we need supporters of human rights to speak up, this is it.
In a vicious, inhumane act of cruelty, Raif Badawi was flogged 50 times this morning in public outside of the al-Jafali mosque in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.He is at risk of receiving the remaining 950 lashes over the coming weeks, as per his sentence, for the "crime" of creating the Saudi Arabian Liberals website and the accusation that he had “insulted Islam”.
Amnesty
International considers Raif Badawi to be a prisoner of conscience and
is calling for his immediate and unconditional release.
Flogging violates the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment in international law.
Flogging violates the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment in international law.
Please click on our action, where you can:
- learn more about his case
- send an automatic email to the Saudi Arabian embassy
- watch a short video of Raif's family, here in Canada
- read an eyewitness account from Saudi Arabia
- see information needed for writing a letter
Please speak up for Raif Badawi and help reunite him with his family.
Thank you for your concern.
Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada
P.S. Amnesty supporters all around the world have been writing letters en masse for the past month, calling for his release. Yesterday, when we heard that the sentencing was to begin, we asked supporters to call the Saudi embassy here in Canada, and we gathered outside the embassy in protest. We need you to express your outrage at this gross violation of Raif's rights. We won't stop until this cruelty stops.
P.S. Amnesty supporters all around the world have been writing letters en masse for the past month, calling for his release. Yesterday, when we heard that the sentencing was to begin, we asked supporters to call the Saudi embassy here in Canada, and we gathered outside the embassy in protest. We need you to express your outrage at this gross violation of Raif's rights. We won't stop until this cruelty stops.
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