Your Majesty,
I would like to take the opportunity to call your
attention to the case of blogger Raef Badawi.
A Jeddah court ,on July 29 2013, convicted blogger
Raef Badawi of violating Saudi Arabia’s anti-cybercrime. The blogger was
sentenced to 600 lashes and seven years in prison. The Criminal Court found
Raif Badawi, the founder of the Free Saudi Liberals website, guilty of
insulting Islam through his website and in comments he made on television, and
added three months to his term for “parental disobedience.”
Criminal Court Judge Faris al-Harbi dropped a charge
of apostasy, which carries the death penalty. He has been detained in Jeddah’s
Buraiman prison since his arrest on June 17, 2012.
The freedom of speech is a right. No citizen of
Saudi Arabia should be arrested and sentenced for having expressed its opinion.
I ask
the immediate release of blogger Raef Badawi.
In awaiting your reply, be assured of my most
respectful sentiments.
Yours sincerely,
Mariacarmela Ribecco
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