The wife of
detained Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes
and years in prison for insulting Islam, said Tuesday the flogging will
soon resume.
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi (above), who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and years in prison for insulting Islam |
The flogging will take place 'soon' at the prison where Badawi is held, she said on a website dedicated to her husband's plight.
In
March, Badawi spoke for the first time since being jailed, saying it
was 'miraculous' that he had survived his first 50 lashes.
Badawi
recalled how he received the first round of lashes in Jeddah on January
while surrounded by a cheering crowd that chanted 'Allahu akbar' (God
is the greatest), Der Spiegel reported.
In
a letter which the magazine said was his first since being jailed,
Badawi said: 'All this cruel suffering happened to me only because I
expressed my opinion.'
Badawi's wife Ensaf Haidar, who lives in Canada, said her husband's flogging will take place 'soon' at the prison where he is held |
His wife
Ensaf Haidar said her husband is in 'a poor condition', adding he had
suffered from high blood pressure and was mentally very stressed.
Worldwide
outrage followed a court decision sentencing Badawi to 1,000 lashes and
10 years in jail for insulting Islam, a verdict upheld this year by
Saudi Arabia's supreme court.
Badawi
received the first 50 lashes outside a mosque in the Red Sea city of
Jeddah in January, but subsequent rounds of punishment were postponed.
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