Let us keep Raif, his beloved wife and family in our prayers dear sisters. Here is a very touching picture of رائف بدوي Raif Badawis precious son.Work for human/womens rights will not progress when you have these blatant human rights violations and archaic violence/1000 lashings to innocent people! Very concerned for sis Souad Al-Shammary who was also arrested for speaking our for womens rights and religious freedom and her daughter Sarah, who was raising awareness of her mother and who hasnt been heard from recently. The people of Saudi Arabia are very effectively silenced and living in fear since they dont want to have the same fate as #RaifBadawi , #SouadAlShammary and how many others we know nothing about? Let us keep all human rights activists who are suffering in our prayers. Raifs wife has been working tirelessly to raise awareness of this nightmare her husband is experiencing. Raif has two children who are without their innocent father. May Allah have mercy and end this travesty of justice and freedom. Nothing will change unless people care and raise awareness of this nightmare injustice and #abuseofhumanrights! Saudi Arabia has been condemned for publicly flogging liberal blogger and activist Raif Badawi, who was accused of insulting Islam. Amnesty International confirmed to The Independent that Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, received the first round of 50 in a public flogging after Friday prayers, which it says continue every Friday for 20 weeks. A witness told the human rights organisation that Badawi was removed from a bus in shackles and taken to a public square in front of the al-Jafali mosque in Jeddah. He was then flogged in front of a crowd and security guards for 15 minutes, before being put back on the bus and driven away. Amnesty says Badawi, who started the Free Saudi Liberals website, was arrested in June 2012 for creating an online forum for public debate and over accusations that he insulted Islam. His website has also been shut down. Article continued: independent.co.uk/…/raif-badawi-saudi-arabia-urg… Raif Badawis page: https://facebook/raifofficialpage?ref=br_tf Sign petition here: https://change.org/p/saudi-government-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A…
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:20:38 +0000