INQUIRER.net: 7 years jail, 600 lashes for Saudi rights activist—lawyer

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7 years jail, 600 lashes for Saudi rights activist—lawyer Jul 30th 2013, 00:52 JEDDAH—A Saudi court sentenced on Monday a rights activist to seven years in jail and 600 lashes for setting up a "liberal" network and alleged insults to Islam, activists said.   "Raef Badawi has been sentenced to seven years in jail and 600 lashes," lawyer Waleed Abualkhair wrote on his Twitter account, adding that the judge ordered the closure of the website of the Saudi Liberal Network.   He said Badawi, a co-founder of the Saudi Liberal Network, was charged with criticizing the religious police, as well as calling for "religious liberalization."   A judge had referred Badawi in December to a higher court for alleged apostasy, a charge that coul... Keep on reading: 7 years jail, 600 lashes for Saudi rights activist—lawyer Media files: raef-badawi.jpg (image/jpeg)

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