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Dr. Richard Grossman

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Free Raif Badawi and Ashraf Fayadh!
« on: June 12, 2015, 04:01:34 PM »
Hi everybody,

Another story of voicelessness in Saudi Arabia:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/raif-badawi-granted-quebec-immigration-selection-certificate-1.3110623

Bravo to Canada for taking action!

Richard

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Re: Free Raif Badawi!
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2015, 06:29:19 PM »
Hi everybody,

I am so glad that Raif has not been forgotten:

"Saudi blogger Raif Badawi wins EU's Sakharov rights prize"

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/29/eu-rights-badawi-idUSL8N12T39H20151029

IMO, he is a hero of our time.

Richard
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Re: Free Raif Badawi and Ashraf Fayadh!
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2015, 12:23:23 PM »
And now, this horrifying story about Ashraf Fayadh, also in Saudi Arabia....

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/27/poets-protest-saudi-death-sentence-ashraf-fayadh

Richard

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Re: Free Raif Badawi and Ashraf Fayadh!
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2015, 12:56:55 AM »
Horrendous situations, I always hate to read about things like this as I feel so helpless, it's obviously so, so wrong and yet this is what people in power can do - and ignore, if they so choose.  Thank goodness Mr Badawi's wife and children are somewhere safe, at least, let's just hope they can get him out and help Mr Fayadh as well.
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