Badawi was arrested in 2012 and sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for “insulting Islam” and “founding a liberal website,” Free Saudi Liberals. While detained, he was reported to be in poor health, exacerbated by flogging. On March 11, 2022, he was released conditionally (though authorities delayed his release past the completion date of his sentence), but remains unable to leave Saudi Arabia.
Raif Badawi
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