Raif Badawi

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard: More Related to this StorySaudi blogger spared flogging for at least another week, Amnesty saysSaudi blogger Raif Badawi spared from flogging for a third weekWife of jailed Saudi blogger seeks Harper help VideoVideo: Wife of Saudi blogger calls for Canadian pressure to free himHaidar and her three children have been living as refugees in Sherbrooke, Que., since fleeing Saudi Arabia following her husband 2012 arrest, according to Globe and Mail. Saudi authorities sentenced Badawi to 10 years in prison, gave him a $300,000 fine, and condemned him to suffer 1,000 lashes for writing blog posts critical of Saudi clerics. Ensaf Haidar also met briefly with Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard and he reiterated his promise to help get her husband back. Badawi is not a Canadian citizen, which limits Canada and Quebec influence in his case. We have to be conscious of that reality, but the more the democratic world shows its indignation, the more chances we have to get there. It clear that we can’t just go there and bring him back, Couillard told reporters during a joint press conference with Haidar in Quebec City. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.