Flogging delayed for Saudi activist

Saudi Arabian rights activist Raif Badawi will not be flogged Friday for medical reasons, his wife said.

Badawi, convicted on charges that included insulting Islam, had been scheduled to receive the second of 20 sentenced floggings after Friday prayers in Jeddah. He received the first flogging on January 9.

Badawi was convicted in 2014 and sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes after creating an online forum in 2008 that his wife says was meant to encourage discussion about faith.

CNN