MEPs raise blogger Badawi's case during Saudi visit
A woman holds up a portrait of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi during a protest in front of the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Berlin, on January 8, 2016 (AFP Photo/Tobias Schwarz)/ Riyadh (AFP) - Members of the European Parliament on a visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday raised the case of jailed blogger Raif Badawi, winner of the Sakharov human rights prize./ Badawi's sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison has generated worldwide concern. Andrej Plenkovic, one of seven visiting MEPs, told reporters they raised Badawi's case during a ...
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