LONDON: Saudi blogger Raif Badawi who was recently sentenced to 10 years
in prison, 1,000 lashes, a fine of quarter of a million US dollars and
prevented from using any kind of media or travelling until 2034 for the
crime of blogging about free speech, has won Europe's highest human
rights award.
The European parliament on Thursday announced that the 2015 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was to be given to Badawi - "an extremey good man".
The decision was taken by EP president Martin Schulz and the political group leaders who said "Badawi is serving prison sentence for insulting Islam on his website promoting social, political and religious debate".
The award ceremony will be held in Strasbourg on December 16.
The European parliament on Thursday announced that the 2015 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was to be given to Badawi - "an extremey good man".
The decision was taken by EP president Martin Schulz and the political group leaders who said "Badawi is serving prison sentence for insulting Islam on his website promoting social, political and religious debate".
The award ceremony will be held in Strasbourg on December 16.
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