DUBAI, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia plans to delay the public flogging of a rights activist on medical grounds, Amnesty International said on Thursday, raising the possibility that Riyadh…
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 flogging Friday in Jeddah was the first of 20 such sessions imposed by a Saudi court after Badawi’s 2014 conviction. He was arrested after creating an online forum in…