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Imprisoned Saudi blogger on hunger strike, wife says

Published 2015-12-10, 02:22 p/m
© Reuters.  Imprisoned Saudi blogger on hunger strike, wife says

MONTREAL, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif
Badawi has been on a hunger strike since Tuesday after being
transferred to a "new isolated" prison, his wife Ensaf Haidar
said on Thursday.
Haidar, who lives in Canada where she and their three
children were granted political asylum, confirmed the news by
phone after tweeting it.
Badawi, who created and managed an online forum, was found
guilty in 2014 of breaking Saudi Arabia's technology laws and
for insulting Islam. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and
1,000 lashes.
Badawi received the first of his 50 lashes in January,
prompting strong criticism in Western countries of the kingdom's
human rights record.
"I call on his majesty King Salman to pardon my husband,"
Haidar tweeted earlier in the day. "Please unite my children
with their father."

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