Oh my god Raif is out of prison.
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi – jailed and sentenced to 1,000 lashes for “insulting Islam online” – has been freed, his wife says.
“Raif called me. He is free,” Ensaf Haidar told AFP news agency from Canada, where she fled with the couple’s three children.
The blogger’s first 50 lashes caused a global outcry and he became an emblem of rights abuses in the country.
There has been no official Saudi comment on his release.
Mr Badawi’s son Terad also tweeted: “My father is free.”
But he’s still under a travel ban.
The NGO Reporters Without Borders said it would work to ensure he can join his family in Canada despite the ban.
Just let him go you miserable fiends.
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That’s wonderful news! I was afraid he was going to be flogged to death.
Or given another ten year sentence.