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China Daily | Updated: 2015-01-17 09:03
Saudi Arabia
King urged to pardon blogger
The United Nations' top human rights official is appealing to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to pardon a blogger convicted of insulting Islam and sentenced to be flogged. Raif Badawi was brought to a public square in Jiddah last week and flogged 50 times. He was sentenced in May to 10 years in prison, a fine and a total of 1,000 lashes after criticizing Saudi Arabia's powerful clerics on a liberal blog.
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