After 10 years in prison for "insulting Islam", Saudi blogger and human rights activist Raif Badawi, who has become a symbol of freedom of expression around the world, was released on Friday.
MONTREAL (AP) Saudi Arabian blogger and activist Raif Badawi, whose conviction caused widespread international outrage, was released Friday after a decade in prison for criticizing the country's conservative religious establishment, his Quebec-based wife confirmed.
(Reuters) - Blogger Raif Badawi is out of a Saudi prison after spending 10 years behind bars on charges of insulting Islam and cyber crime, his wife Ensaf Haidar said on Twitter on Friday.
The family of Raif Badawi, one of Saudi Arabia's most prominent political prisoners, say the blogger is free after a decade in jail. Badawi had been lashed for allegedly "insulting Islam" on his online forum.