Saudi court sentences liberal blogger to ten years in jail, 1,000 lashes

Good 'ol Saudi Arabia, still stuck in 7th century Islamic barbarism.

FROM DAILYMAIL.CO.UK:

Saudi court sentences liberal blogger to ten years in jail, 1,000 lashes and orders him to pay a £133,000 fine for ‘insulting Islam’

    Raif Badawi was prosecuted over a website called 'Saudi Liberal Network'
    New sentence imposed after he appealed against original conviction
    Amnesty International says Badawi is a 'prisoner of conscience'

By Damien Gayle

Published: 04:03 EST, 8 May 2014 | Updated: 06:47 EST, 8 May 2014

'Prisoner of conscience': Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who is facing ten years jail, a thousand lashes and a million riyal fine (£133,000) for 'insulting Islam'

A Saudi blogger is facing ten years jail, a thousand lashes and a million riyal fine for 'insulting Islam'.

Raif Badawi originally faced seven years jail and 600 lashes, but an appeal court overturned that sentence and ordered a retrial.

Amnesty International has called the new sentence 'outrageous' and says Badawi is a 'prisoner of conscience'. His website has been closed since his first trial.

Badawi was arrested in June 2012 and charged with cyber crime and disobeying his father - a crime in Saudi Arabia - in relation to his Saudi Liberal Network website..

The site included articles that were critical of senior religious figures such as Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti, according to Human Rights Watch.

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