Saudis postpone jailed blogger's lashes again
Saudi Arabia postponed for a third week in a row the flogging of a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam, his wife said.
Saudi Arabia postponed yesterday for a third week in a row the flogging of a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam, his wife said.
Raef Badawi "was not flogged" yesterday, Ensaf Haidar said, adding that the reason was unclear.
The 30-year-old received the first 50 lashes of his sentence outside a mosque in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on January 9.
The next round of punishment was postponed for the following two weeks on medical grounds.
Badawi's case has already prompted worldwide outrage and criticism from the UN, US, the EU and others.
On Thursday, Haidar, who has sought asylum with their three children in Canada, voiced concerns about the health of her husband, who has been suffering from hypertension since his arrest in June 2012.