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The coroner was Thomas Wakley, a surgeon, medical journalist, and also the Lancets founder and an ardent anti-flogging campaigner. The following 40-second video clip was filmed surreptitiously on a mobile telephone. 2023 Cable News Network. While stoning as a punishment for adultery and the amputation of limbs for theft remain technically on the books, they are rarely, if ever, carried out. The same information is repeated in the 2002 USSD report. It seems not to occur to any of the writers that, since the whole Saudi set-up, including the judicial system, is ruthlessly corrupt from top to bottom, convictions of innocent people are even more likely than in Britain. The farriers used the cat o nine tails, a tool made up of nine knotted thongs of cotton that could be found in veterinary shops. All OK where you are? Saudi blogger receives first 50 of 1,000 lashes. Sign up and stay up to date with our daily newsletter. (I suspect they are wrong about that. US State Department Report on Human Rights Practices for 2005 Why Larry Summers is moving left with age, The Lockdown Files only confirm every suspicion we had about the pandemic government, Undermining Sue Grays integrity wont save Boris Johnson, Universal Credit falls short of covering the bare essentials. Saudi blogger receives first 50 of 1,000 lashes. A circular issued by the Ministry of Justice and sent to the courts of the kingdom reports an abolition demanded for years by human rights organizations, which, however, harbors a small print: lashes will continue to be applied in crimes such as adultery, attack on . He offered to come home with me and jump in when I couldnt cope any more. Video: Women 'thieves' receive 30 lashes each on the orders of a sharia judge. Believe me, I would rather have spared them all that too., This time Raifs reaction was very understanding. US State Department Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006 Western human rights campaigners gave more muted reactions. Youre not going to weep in front of the children? How are you? I sniffed. Stephane De Sakutin/Agence France-Presse Getty Images. Its indescribable, watching something like that being done to the person you love. Well say: Wed like you to meet them quite normally. The men I had seen in the video might as well have put me in a square and flogged me. Im tough, he said, apparently quite cheerful. Earlier this month, human rights organisation Reprieve reported that Saudi Arabiahad carried out the800th execution inKing Salman's five years of rule. Bamboo is too stiff and brittle to behave like a whip.). Middle East Eye. Take the case of the small Arab emirate of Sharjah. Saudi Arabian blogger and activist, Raif Badawi, is due to face his second round of 50 lashes on Friday (16 January) after being accused ofinsulting Islam. ), where a very specific number of strokes is delivered slowly and carefully. Amnesty International document. Excerpted from Raif Badawi, The Voice of Freedom: My Husband, Our Story. This difference in approach is supposed to reflect the idea that Saudi floggings are intended primarily as symbolic humiliation rather than intensely painful retribution, and is in line with a rule in the Koran that the operator is required to keep a copy of the holy book under his arm, so that he will not swing the whip from the shoulder but only from the elbow. In the future, judges will have to choose between fines and/or jail sentences, or non-custodial alternatives like community service, the court said in a statement seen by AFP on Saturday. The whole day was one big nightmare. Thomas Wakley. Cites a Human Rights Watch claim that "judges routinely issued sentences of thousands of lashes as punishment, often carried out in public". Had they already started? Amnesty document (March 2000) in which two people, one male and one female, describe the experience of receiving a court-ordered flogging in Saudi Arabia. He is free," Ensaf Haidar told AFP news agency from . "I told our children about the news last week so that they would not find out about it from friends at school. He was wearing a white shirt and dark trousers, and his hair hung down to his shoulders. Hundreds of lashes could previously. Robert did his best to explain what had happened. Having a drink on the flight en route to Saudi Arabia. Local courts routinely order floggings, often of hundreds of lashes -- or even thousands, inflicted in instalments. According to unconfirmed reports those condemned to die this way are given tranquilisers, before being taken to a public square after midday prayers. Copyright C. Farrell 2006-2021 CNN's Becky Anderson reports. Now, as part of his effort to reshape how the kingdom is run, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has done away with flogging as punishment, and perhaps dampened the international condemnation that came with it. I hurried over. UN Committee Against Torture, 10 May 2002 In 2015, he was awarded the European Unions top human rights award and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The Saudi Media Debates Flogging by the Saudi Religious Police They are then forced to kneel facing Mecca, over a blue plastic sheet, before the executioner severs the head with a sword in one stroke. In July he was sentenced to ten months' imprisonment and a fine, followed by deportation . On 7 January 2015, two masked men stormed the editorial offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris and shot 11 journalists. My children and I are grateful for every day when they dont whip Raif again. I calculated the time difference between Canada and Saudi Arabia and tried to determine the moment when that terrible day for Raif would begin. The coroner asked many questions to find out how many lashes a human being can endure. Caught on camera 16 videos Saudi blogger receives first 50 of 1,000 lashes 02:28 Never before seen Amazon tribe filmed by drone 00:46 Camera catches mailman stealing family's tomatoes 00:55. Cites press reports that Saudi flogging (which the USSD seems to think is something different from caning) is administered with a "thin reed" by a man holding a book under his arm. **Note: The sentence durations listed are according to the Hijri (Islamic Lunar) Calendar used by Saudi . He was convicted on multiple charges, including "breaking allegiance" to the Saudi ruler, "inciting disorder" and seeking to disrupt state security, Amnesty International said. The punishment lasted half an hour: one lash every twelve seconds. by Ensaf Haidar & Andrea C. Hoffmann, published by Other Press on 17 May 2016. All Rights Reserved. The kingdoms most famous flogging case was that of Raif Badawi, who ran a website that published material criticizing Saudi religious figures, lauding Western legal systems and arguing that atheists should be free to state their views without being punished. This is not the first time that Saudi Arabia has come under scrutiny for its human rights record, with the country being criticised by groups such as Amnesty International for both its number of executions and freely administered torture practices. punishment." Saudi Arabia has sentenced people convicted of homosexuality and "sodomy" to a range of penalties including corporal After the first 50 lashes and the international public outcry that followed the men with the whips in Riyadh did not at first dare to repeat the punishment. This was provoked by a 1997 case in which two British nurses were convicted of murder (but later released). The men around him were wearing the usual white gowns and shouting Allahu Akbar. A Warner Bros. Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund says a ruling directing its chief to provide information in an antitrust fight between LIV Golf and PGA Tour Inc. is an "extraordinary infringement" on . Ensaf Haidar believes a YouTube video shows her husband receiving a public flogging for "insulting Islam." Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. 1.8k. But worst of all was the feeling of helplessness. All Rights Reserved. US State Department Report on Human Rights Practices for 2000 00:46. Raifs face smiles from the banner over our sofa, while we get together to make posters for the next demonstration. The US Department of State report found that, although the death penalty is a possibility for same-sex sexual activity, prosecutors did not seek to impose this punishment during the year.. Reportedly, those flogged do not receive medical treatment. Saudi officials hailed the flogging ban as part of these changes. @HRHPSalman, Amnesty New Zealand (@AmnestyNZ) January 15, 2015, Today front of Saudi embassy in Germany Berlin, Amnesty stand for #RaifBadawi pic.twitter.com/Os850JtRyX, (@raif_badawi) January 15, 2015, today front of Saudi embassy in Paris for #RaifBadawi pic.twitter.com/ISc0l6ahiu (@raif_badawi) January 15, 2015. On occasions they have been carried out in public, as in this 1970s photograph and also this one. A very conservative version of Koranic law is in force in this exceptionally backward, corrupt and repressive country, a ruthless totalitarian dictatorship run by an absolute monarchy. UK prime minister David Cameron personally urged Saudi authorities not to administer the 350 lashings that 74-year-old oil executive Karl Andree was sentenced to for being caught with bootleg wine in his car. Had they broken his bones? Then, the skin was intended as a bodys shield. I told the children that we were going to have a few media-free days because they were watching too much television and spending too much time on the internet. Hundreds of lashes could previously be ordered for a variety of offences, including murder, extramarital sex and breach of the peace. I didnt know what to say. Here, in an excerpt from her new book, Raif Badawi, The Voice of Freedom: My Husband, Our Story (Other Press), she describes learning that his sentence would begin, and how she told her children of their fathers fate. One will surely land himself into hot waters for being under the influence of alcohol on the plane en route to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam in May 2014. A man is seen being whipped in public. By Diana Garrisi The principal had already assembled a council of teachers, a social worker and the school psychologist. But the children behaved as if they hadnt heard their words at all. Saudi Arabia The first 50 lashes: a Saudi activist's wife endures her husband's brutal sentence After Saudi blogger Raif Badawi was arrested and sentenced to prison and 1,000 lashes,. Said Boumedouha, Deputy Director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Programme said: "The world's spotlight is shining on Saudi Arabia. Soon it will be all over the net. Theres also supposed to be a video, she warned me. Video: Saudi girl sentenced to 90 lashes "The court should have looked for an alternative sentence," he said, adding that the group is calling on an appeals court in Jubail to hear the case again. Can you talk? It was the principal of the school. US State Department Report on Human Rights Practices for 1997 I sat on my sofa, wrapped my arms around my legs and wept. Charges: Violating Islamic values and propagating liberal thought. A 2015 demonstration in Paris in support of Raif Badawi. But I cant do that! Theyll find out anyway, she argued. Then you have the experience of the floggers. Amnesty International Report 1998 By now some of my Facebook friends were referring to it. A recent case in Saudi Arabia that has been covered around the world concerns the blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1000 lashes and 10 years in prison for subversion. I managed to keep the children away from the internet, from television and from the newspaper kiosks in Sherbrooke all weekend. Did he get medical treatment for his wounds? Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years of imprisonment on blogger Raif Badawi, despite a foreign outcry. Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. They have hurt him very badly. Raif Badawi has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for promoting public debate on his website, Women can be stoned to death for committing adultery in Saudi Arabia, Stay up to date with our daily newsletter, criticised by groups such as Amnesty International. Committing adultery can lead to death by stoning. Saudi govt condemns #CharlieHebdo attack as "cowardly" but flogs activist blogger @Raif_Badawi next day. When would they lead him in front of the mosque in handcuffs? US State Department Report on Human Rights Practices for 2001 The quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics from the New Statesman's politics team. The article also claims that there is unhappiness in the country about inconsistent sentencing, suggests that there are too many flogging sentences, and calls on the government to codify the laws. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 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