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Long jail terms for three bloggers
Sources News Release
http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR2107.htm
Publisher: Reporters without Borders
Date Written: 14/05/2014
Year Published: 2014
Resource Type: Article
Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the long jail terms that three Saudi cyber-activists received this week. Blogger and human rights activist Raef Badawi's sentence for 'insulting Islam'; was increased by a Jeddah criminal court on appeal
Abstract: Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the long jail terms that three Saudi cyber-activists received this week.
Blogger and human rights activist Raef Badawi’s sentence for “insulting Islam” was increased by a Jeddah criminal court on appeal on 7 May to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes and a fine of 1 million riyals (200,000 euros).
“The severity of the sentence is shocking,” said Reporters Without Borders research director Lucie Morillon. “We urge the authorities to release ...
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