A deserted and isolated area
A very worrying alert from Ensaf Haidar:
TOP URGENT: Saudi Prison administration transferred Raif Badawi to a new isolated prison and Raif started a hunger strike since Tuesday
The prison administration transferred today my husband Raif Badawi to a new isolated prison called Prison Shabbat Central, located in a deserted and isolated area – around 87 KM from Jeddah City.
This prison is designed for prisoners whose verdict has been confirmed with a final Adjudication. The Saudi government has repeatedly declared that Raif’s case is under review and is yet to be decided by the Supreme Court.
We express our surprise at this decision especially after the Swiss Secretary of Foreign Affairs Yves Rossier announcement on 28 November that a royal pardon is in the works. And we are very alarmed at the prison administration decision to transfer my husband to the Shabbat Central and fear it may lead to the resumption of his flogging.
As a result of this decision, Raif started in Tuesday a hunger trike and we hold the prison administration responsible for any harm that Raif may suffer.
We take this opportunity to call on his Majesty King Salman to act on his promises and pardon my husband, end his and his family’s ordeal and unite him with his wife and children.
‘Under review’ means nothing in Saudi Arabia. All ‘legal’ judgments are subject to revocation or reversal at the whim of the tribe of princelings who dominate the whole peninsula.
My best wishes to Ensaf and Raif. This has gone on way too long. Raif needs to be released.
God, they are evil and sadistic.
Ensaf Haidar’s petition to PM Trudeau
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Prime_Minister_Justin_Trudeau_Mr_Justin_Trudeau_issue_a_safe_passage_Canadian_passport_for_Raif_Badawi/
What the hell are they doing. Bastards.