Saudi Arabia: Doctors find Raif Badawi unfit for flogging on health grounds second week in a row

Headline Title:  Doctors find Raif Badawi unfit for flogging on health grounds second week in a row 22 January 2015 The planned flogging of Raif Badawi is likely to be suspended this Friday after a medical committee assessed that he should not undergo a second round of lashes on health grounds. The committee, comprised of around eight doctors, carried out a series of tests on Raif Badawi at the King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah yesterday and recommended that the flogging should not be carried out."Instead of continuing to torment Raif Badawi by dragging out his ordeal with repeated assessments…

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