Raif Badawi

Raif Badawi: Montreal mayor has called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to lobby Saudi officials to free jailed blogger Raif Badawi, whose fate remains uncertain. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Coderre, flanked by Ensaf Haidar, Badawi wife, and other local elected officials, called on other Canadian municipalities to show their solidarity and express support for Badawi. Ensaf Haidar, wife of blogger Raif Badawi, speaks to the media at a news conference in Montreal on Monday, February 23, 2015. Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia has postponed the flogging of blogger Raif Badawi for a sixth consecutive week. The human rights organization Paris office says Badawi was spared a lashing today, but they're not sure what the reasons were. THE Ryan Remiorz "Foreign affairs and even the prime minister himself should give a call to the government of Saudi Arabia and repatriate Mr. Badawi to Canada so the family can be together," Mayor Denis Coderre told reporters Monday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.