Raif Badawi
Blogger and free-expression activist
Released 2022 after 10 years · travel banSINCE 2012
Saudi blogger sentenced in 2014 to ten years and 1,000 lashes for 'insulting Islam' through his liberal website. Released in March 2022 after completing his prison term but reportedly subject to a continuing travel ban.
Status as of 2026-05-22 · editorially maintained — verify against primary sources before citing.
Sources
From the wire · Saudi Arabia
- Jun 29Saudi Arabia: Visitors to Saudi Arabia imprisoned for social media posts - Amnesty International
- Jun 29Governments Executed a Record Number of People Last Year. Here's Who. - Substack
- Jun 03Over 1,000 arrested as Gulf states crush public reaction to Iran attacks - Middle East Monitor
- Jun 10More than four years after his arrest… Imran Al-Arkani remains behind bars - sanad.uk
- Jun 06Pompeo urged to slam Saudi crackdown on activists U.S - EDNEWS