Wife of jailed Saudi blogger wants Merkel to obtain pardon for him

Wife of jailed Saudi blogger wants Merkel to obtain pardon for him

The wife of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose imprisonment and public lashing provoked an international outcry, has called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to seek a pardon for him when she visits the kingdom on Sunday. “When Chancellor Merkel arrives in Saudi Arabia, Raif will have served half his imprisonment term, which makes him qualify […]

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