Saudi Blogger

• Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi freed, but hurdles remain to join family in Quebec

  The Quebec-based wife of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been imprisoned for the past decade, says he has been freed from a Saudi jail.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2022
  
• Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi hasn’t been heard from in a month, Canadian wife says

  Late last month, human rights lawyer and former Liberal MP Irwin Cotler said he feared for Badawi's safety after he started a hunger strike in detention.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2020
  
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• ‘I’m a proud Canadian’: Wife of jailed Saudi blogger sworn in as Canadian citizen

  Ensaf Haidar said she hopes her new status as a Canadian citizen will help her as she pushes to secure her husband's freedom.

  Canada

  Jul 1, 2018
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• Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi granted honorary Montreal citizenship

  Montreal city council is naming jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi an honorary Montreal citizen.

  Canada

  May 28, 2018
• 5 years in a Saudi prison: Blogger Raif Badawi’s supporters call on Trudeau to do more

  Supporters of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose family resettled in Quebec, staged a protest in Montreal Friday evening, marking five years since his detention in Saudi Arabia.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2017
• Sister of jailed blogger Raif Badawi released in Saudi Arabia

  Amnesty International's Quebec branch says the eldest sister of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has been released after 24 hours in detention.

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2016
• Badawi avoids flogging as Quebec announces measures to speed up immigration

  As imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi avoids flogging once again, Quebec politicians united on Tuesday to speed up the immigration process should he be freed.

  Jun 12, 2015