The wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi said she has been told the flogging of her husband is due to be resumed soon.
Ensaf Haidar said in a statement she was told by a source that the “Saudi authorities have given the green light to the resumption of Raif Badawi’s flogging”.
“The informed source also said that the flogging will resume soon but will be administered inside the prison,” she said.
Ms Haidar has led an international campaign to draw attention to the car of her husband, who was arrested in 2012 and who in January received the first 50 of the 1,000 lashes to which he was sentenced as part of his punishment for apostasy.
“It is worth mentioning that the same source had warned me of Raif’s pending flogging at the beginning of January 2015 and his warning was confirmed, as Raif was flogged on 9th January,” she said. [The Independent] Read more
