Saudi Arabia - RSF hopes Raif Badawi will be freed very soon

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has learned that Raif Badawi, a young Saudi blogger who was awarded the 2014 RSF Press Freedom Prize in the Netizen category, could be released soon. RSF has been campaigning for many months for the release of Badawi, who has been sentenced to ten years in prison and 1,000 lashes. The possibility of a pardon was mentioned at the end of last week by the Swiss foreign ministry's secretary of state after an official visit to Saudi Arabia. He said Badawi's (...)

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