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Raif Badawi
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Saudi Arabian writer, activist, and creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1984-01-13 ) 13 January 1984 (age 42) , Khobar , Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
- Occupations
- Author, writer and activist
- Known for
- Blogging, apostasy charge
- Criminal charge
- Insulting Islam
- Criminal penalty
- 10 years in prison; 1000 lashes ; fine of SAR 1 million
- Criminal status
- Released 11 March 2022; banned from traveling abroad until 2032
- Spouse
- Ensaf Haidar ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
- Relatives
- Samar Badawi (sister)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Saudi Arabia
- Place of birth
- Khobar
- Spouse
- Ensaf Haidar
- Sibling
- Samar Badawi
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Field of work
- blog
- Official website
- www.raifbadawi.org
- Image
- Raif Badawi cropped.jpg
- Significant event
- prisoner of conscience
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- date of birth
- 1984-01-13
- name in native language
- رائف بدوي
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- social media followers
- 77534
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Encyclopedic overview
Raif bin Muhammad Badawi (Arabic: رائف بن محمد بدوي, romanized: Rāʼif ibn Muḥammad Badawī, also transcribed Raef bin Mohammed Badawi; born 13 January 1984) is a Saudi writer, dissident and activist, the creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals.
Badawi was arrested in 2012 on a charge of "insulting Islam through electronic channels" and brought to court on several charges, including apostasy. In 2013, he was convicted on several charges and sentenced to seven years in prison, and 600 lashes. In 2014 his sentence was increased to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes, and a fine of one million Saudi riyals. The flogging was to be carried out over 20 weeks. The first 50 lashes were administered on 9 January 2015. The second flogging was postponed more than twelve times. The reason for the most recent postponement is unknown, but the previous scheduled floggings were delayed due to Badawi's poor health. Badawi is known to have hypertension, and his health worsened after the flogging began.
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