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May 7: Join the global outcry to free Raif
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Dear friends,
We're gearing up for a major mobilization on May 7, and we need your help. Raif Badawi was imprisoned and publicly flogged by the Saudi government - lashed 50 times - for starting a blog that encouraged social and political debate. Right now, he's in a cell serving the remainder of his 10-year sentence and awaiting 950 more lashes. Amnesty and other global partners are planning a mass mobilization outside Saudi embassies and consulates around the world on the first anniversary of Raif's sentencing. Please support our efforts on behalf of Prisoners of Conscience like Raif with a financial contribution. We believe that the global outcry has been key to sparing Raif from the weekly floggings mandated by his sentence. But until Raif is unconditionally freed, our work is far from over. We are gravely concerned that the Saudi government is waiting for the international spotlight to fade and is considering trying Raif for apostasy, which carries the death sentence. That's why we're planning this event on May 7. We must show the Saudi government that the world is still watching and won't stand for anything but Raif's unconditional release. Please donate to support our efforts. Your support makes a difference:
The more support we amass, the more pressure we can apply to demand Raif's release. Please help us maximize this moment. Support our efforts.
Let's free Raif once and for all! With hope for justice, Jasmine Heiss Senior Campaigner, Individuals at Risk Amnesty International USA | ||||||
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donderdag 30 april 2015
Saudi Arabia Amnesty International USA Join the global outcry to free Raif Badawi
vrijdag 20 februari 2015
World, Saudi Arabia, Raif Badawi, is counting on you: Help free him
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Raif is counting on you: Help free him
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Dear Luc,
Saudi authorities have delayed lashing blogger Raif Badawi for the past five weeks. But he's still in serious danger. Any day, Raif could face another 50 lashes as part of a brutal sentence of 10 years and 1,000 lashes he received for publishing a website that encourages social and political debate. Amnesty is waging an all-out campaign to release Raif and stop the floggings. Please support our efforts to free Prisoners of Conscience like Raif. Donate now. Your support makes a difference:
Our window of time to act is critical. More floggings could cause debilitating long-term physical and mental damage.
A doctor that Amnesty consulted said the second flogging is likely to be worse than the first: Dr. Juliet Cohen, head of doctors for the organization Freedom from Torture, described the physical and psychological damage that flogging will have on Raif. In a report commissioned by Amnesty, she wrote, "The more blows are inflicted on top of one another, the more chance of open wounds being caused. This is important because they are likely to be more painful and at risk of infection." Raif is scheduled to be flogged another 950 times over the next 19 weeks. Please help stop it and see that he is released. Support Amnesty's efforts. With hope for justice, Jasmine Heiss Senior Campaigner, Individuals at Risk Amnesty International USA | |||||
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woensdag 30 mei 2012
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