Raif Badawi Was Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison And 1,000 Lashes For Setting Up A Website That Championed

A look at the writings of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi – sentenced to 1,000 lashes

Raif Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for setting up a website that championed free speech in the autocratic kingdom. Ian Black analyses his work

“From exposing government corruption to freely disseminating academic research, these men all had different motives and goals. But all of them had one thing in common: their belief in humanity’s right to freedom of information.”

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The Charlie Hebdo cartoons no one is showing you.

Cartoons drawn over the past several decades by Cabu, one of the most emblematic cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo (if not the most). Cabu was murdered along with his colleagues this past week.