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Saudi Arabian social website editor sentenced to seven years behind bars and 600 lashes - NY Daily News
Does anyone else find this as disgusting as I do? This only serves to fuel my hatred for the Saudi Arabian government.
Thoughts?
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The editor of a Saudi Arabian social website has been sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes for founding an Internet forum that violates Islamic values and propagates liberal thought, Saudi media reported on Tuesday.
Raif Badawi, who started the "Free Saudi Liberals" website to discuss the role of religion in Saudi Arabia, has been held since June 2012 on charges of cyber crime and disobeying his father - a crime in the conservative kingdom and top U.S. ally.
Does anyone else find this as disgusting as I do? This only serves to fuel my hatred for the Saudi Arabian government.
Thoughts?