Saudi Arabia urged by EU lawmakers to free blogger sentenced to 1000 lashes for ‘insulting Islam’ amid criticism of its airstrikes in YemenRaif Badawi,the Saudi blogger and activist sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1000 lashes for insulting Islam, has won the EU’s Sakharov prize for human rights.
The announcement was greeted on Thursday with a standing ovation at the European parliament in Strasbourg, or France,but will be seen by Saudi Arabia as another diplomatic slight at a time when its domestic and international policies are coming under growing criticism. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com