DDHK News, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi faces up to 10 years in prison, a thousand lashes, and a fine of one million riyals on charges of insulting Islam through his blog.
Raif Badawi initially faced seven years in prison and 600 lashes, but the appeals court overturned the sentence and ordered a retrial.
Its website has been closed since the first trial. Badawi was arrested in June 2012 and charged with cyber crimes and disobeying his father. Its website promotes the Saudi Liberal Network.
The Badawai blog contains articles critical of Saudi Arabia's senior religious figures, such as the Grand Mufti.
Prosecutors demanded that Badawi be tried for apostasy, a crime that carries the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, but a trial judge dismissed the charges. (mel / dailymail.co.uk / localhost / project / personal / ddhongkong.org / ddhongkong.org). *
