Sentence of Blogger in Saudi sparks protest.

Blogger Raif Badawi's wife said the referral, made before he was flogged 50 times last Friday, gave him hope that officials would end his punishment. A second round of lashings
was postponed for medical reasons. The punishment of Badawi, who was also fined and sentenced to 10 years in prison, caused international outcry. Badawi established Liberal Saudi Network, a now-closed online forum that sought to encourage debate on religious and political matters in Saudi Arabia in 2008. In 2012, he was arrested in Jeddah and charged with "insulting Islam through electronic channels" and "going beyond the realm of obedience". In 2013 he was cleared of apostasy, which could have carried a death sentence. 'Macabre and outrageous' Saudi Arabia enforces a strict version of Islamic law and does not tolerate political dissent. It has some of the highest social media usage rates in the region, and has cracked down on domestic online criticism, imposing harsh punishments. The sentence was widely condemned by human rights groups. Becky Kelly, BBC News Raif Badawi has three young children "s life.