Five years after his arrest, Raif’s daughters, Najwa and Miriam, write to their father with the help of their mother, Ensaf Haider. Raif’s children have not seen their father for many years. He was also sentenced to a cruel and inhuman punishment of 1,000 lashes, and on 9 January 2015 he received the first 50 of these in a public square in Jeddah. Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi was detained on 17 June 2012 and sentenced in 2014 to 10 years in prison for creating an online forum for public debate and accusations that he insulted Islam. Campaigns JOur father is brave, we wait for him with hope in our hearts
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