Article 5X0TE Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, imprisoned for ‘insulting Islam’, freed after 10 years

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, imprisoned for ‘insulting Islam’, freed after 10 years

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AFP in Montreal
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It's unclear if Saudi authorities placed restriction on his release but human rights campaigners promise to fight them

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has been released from prison in Saudi Arabia after serving a 10-year sentence for advocating an end to religious influence on public life, his wife said on Friday.

Raif called me. He is free," his wife, Ensaf Haidar, who lives in Canada with their three children and had been advocating for his release, told AFP.

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