" flogged 50 times every Friday for Insulting Islam" Wife Of Saudi Arabian Blogger Sentenced To 1000 Lashes Cries out

Arabian blogger(left) and his Wife (right)

The wife of a Saudi blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes ‘for insulting Islam’ today accused the government of killing her husband every second of the week and spoke of her agony at ‘watching him die one lash at a time’.

Raif Badawi, who wrote a blog on human rights and social change, is being flogged 50 times every Friday for supposedly insulting religious figures and undermining the regime, a charge he and his wife Ensaf Haidar strenuously deny. The first 50 of the lashes were inflicted in front of hundreds in the main square in Jeddah last week – and the same is due to happen again today, and for the next 18 weeks, until all 1,000 have been completed.

The 31-year-old father of three, is believed will need hospital attention after each flogging. It has been suggested his body will not be able to sustain the assault over the coming weeks.
For Ensaf, his wife, almost 6,000 miles away in Quebec, it was too much to bear because she has seen shocking footage of Raif being whipped in the square which was available online, filmed secretly.

Just as those present reported, Raif stood strong, and quietly, while two guards dole out the punishment, and the crowds jeer.

Saudi Arabia is endangering his health and life – if they go through with the whole 1,000 lashes, they are killing him more every week. It is a criminal act.’ - See more at: http://whispernigeria.net/hes-being-lashed-to-death-wife-of-saudi-arabian-blogger-sentenced-to-1000-lashes-for-insulting-islamphotos/#sthash.ERCVTWMq.dpuf

Raif's his wife fled Saudi Arabia when Raif was arrested, spending two years living in Lebanon before being granted refugee status. It means – although they are safe – none of them have seen Raif for more than four years and, since he was moved to a new prison two-and-a-half weeks ago, no one has spoken to him either.

However, Ensaf, 35, did have friends in the square last Friday – including Raif’s sister.

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Arabian blogger and his children

 Source:www.mojidelano.com