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Raif Badawi è stato condannato a 10 anni di prigione e 1000 frustate per le sue critiche alle restrizioni della libertà religiosa. Può l’Arabia Saudita condannare l’attacco a Charlie Hebdo senza essere ipocrita? Robin Wright sul New Yorker parla di Raif Badawi e del problema della libertà di espressione in Arabia Saudita.

Sudi Arabia, which has described itself as the “guardian of Islam,” released a statement on Wednesday through its official news agency condemning the attack on Charlie Hebdo as a “cowardly terrorist act” that is “incompatible with Islam.” But on Friday, the government pulled a blogger named Raif Badawi from his jail cell in Jeddah, brought him to a square in front of a mosque, and administered the first phase—fifty lashes—of a public flogging. As with Charlie Hebdo, Badawi’s offense involved the exercise of freedom of expression, often with a touch of sarcasm. He is scheduled to get another fifty lashes every Friday for the next nineteen weeks. He also faces ten years in prison and a fine that exceeds a quarter of a million dollars.

 

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