Thursday 15 January 2015

RE: {PBJFlorida} ACT NOW: Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi to be flogged AGAIN tomorrow

1000 Lashes

10 years in prison

$266,000 fine

 

Talk about cruel and unusually punishment.

 

I also read today that Saudi Arabia has had 9 executions this year.  One was of a woman who was beheaded in Mecca…with no painkillers.  (Apparently, at times, painkillers are giving to the convicted in order to numb the pain.)

 

Read more here… http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-publicly-behead-woman-mecca-256083516.

 

 

 

From: pbjflorida@googlegroups.com [mailto:pbjflorida@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Rodriguez
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 8:09 PM
To: pbjflorida@googlegroups.com
Cc: Alicia Koutsoulieris
Subject: Re: {PBJFlorida} ACT NOW: Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi to be flogged AGAIN tomorrow

 

I heard about this in the news today. So sad! Only because he wants more rights for all the citizens of Saudi Arabia.

Sent from my iPhone


On Jan 15, 2015, at 8:01 PM, "'Alicia Koutsoulieris' via PBJFlorida" <pbjflorida@googlegroups.com> wrote:


Hi everyone,

Amnesty has learned that Raif is to be flogged again tomorrow.

-->Please help us generate another round of pressure on the Saudi Embassy in DC by doing these 3 things today and tomorrow:

1) Call the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Washington D.C. at (202) 342-3800. Press 2 for English, then 0 for the operator. (Or, if that doesn't work, press 3 for Public Affairs or 6 for the press office)

Sample call script:
Hi, my name is _____________, I'm calling from [City, State] about Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi. I ask that embassy officials act now to ensure that he is not publicly flogged again. Raif if a Prisoner of Conscience, and should be immediately and unconditionally released. I am also disturbed that the Saudi Authorities are using flogging as punishment, as it is a violation of international law.

2) Take and share the online petition at http://www.amnestyusa.org/stop_public_flogging_of_raif

3) Tweet @SaudiEmbassyUSA using the hashtags #FreeRaif #Istandwithraif and this URL http://www.amnestyusa.org/stop_public_flogging_of_raif

--> Please let me know if you make a call so that we can keep a tally.

For background, here's is Amnesty's latest press release: http://act.amnestyusa.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1839&ea.campaign.id=34661&ea.tracking.id=ActivismLevels_UrgentActionNetwork~Country_SaudiArabia~MessagingCategory_CensorshipandFreeSpeech~MessagingCategory_PrisonersandPeopleatRisk-PrisonersofConscience

Please note that Amnesty sections around the world are pressuring Saudi embassies in their countries as well. Together, we can use the power of collective action to free Raif to his wife and children in Canada.

Thank you for taking action with us!

IAR Team



 

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PBJFlorida" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pbjflorida+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to pbjflorida@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pbjflorida.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PBJFlorida" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pbjflorida+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to pbjflorida@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pbjflorida.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

No comments:

Post a Comment