Saudi blogger Raif Badawi goes on prison hunger strike
22 September 2019 |
11:47 am
Saudi dissident Raif Badawi has started a hunger strike as the conditions of his imprisonment have reportedly worsened. The blogger had been arrested and lashed for insulting the country's strict interpretation of Islam.
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