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Saudi postpones flogging of blogger for third week

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AFP Dubai
Saudi Arabia postponed today the flogging of a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam for a third week in a row, his wife said.

Raef Badawi "was not flogged" today, his wife Ensaf Haidar told AFP, adding that the reason was unclear.

The 30-year-old received the first 50 lashes of his sentence outside a mosque in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on January 9. The next round was postponed for the following two weeks on medical grounds.

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First Published: Jan 30 2015 | 9:35 PM IST

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