Raif Badawi
KAICIID quits Vienna, unable to shake off negative Saudi image
By Tom Heneghan — March 10, 2021
(RNS) — The glaring divide between KAICIID’s ideals and Saudi Arabia’s human rights violations increasingly bothered its Austrian hosts.
Atheist sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia
By Kimberly Winston — April 26, 2017
(RNS) Ahmad Al-Shamri lost two appeals after being charged with atheism and blasphemy, both punishable by death.
Saudi court rules a Palestinian poet must die for apostasy, rights group claims
By Reuters — November 20, 2015
Human Rights Watch says the poet, Ashraf Fayadh, was condemned for his writings and allegedly abandoning Islam.
Bike lanes * Saint Barbie * So long: October’s Religious Freedom Recap
By Brian Pellot — November 2, 2015
Churches attack bike lanes for "burdening" their religious freedom as Saint Barbie leads a plastic revolution in Argentina. Savor every word of this last ever recap as I say “so long” to On Freedom.
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi wins EU’s Sakharov rights prize
By Reuters — October 29, 2015
(Reuters) A Jeddah court handed Badawi his sentence in 2012 after he criticized the Saudi clergy in a blog and called for changes in the way religion is practiced in Saudi Arabia.
Why repealing blasphemy laws might help promote religious freedom (ANALYSIS)
By Brandon G. Withrow — September 29, 2015
(RNS) Among those countries frequently cited by human rights groups with the most aggressive laws banning free expression are China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
France urges Saudi Arabia to cancel crucifixion of young Shiite
By Reuters — September 24, 2015
Ali al-Nimr was given the death penalty after taking part in demonstrations three years ago for democracy and equal rights in Saudi Arabia.
East-West Travelblog: Terrorism, blasphemy — and cookies
By Kimberly Winston — August 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS) Security is tough at the State Department. But the cookies are sweet.
Beef ban * Witch hunts * Too much Guinness : March’s Religious Freedom Recap
By Brian Pellot — April 1, 2015
An Indian state bans the sale and possession of beef. Tanzanians murder “witches” accused of murdering “magical albinos.” And Ireland nearly outlaws straight marriage, on accident. Who needs April Fools’ Day when reality is this strange?
Mormon woman volunteers to be whipped to save Saudi blogger
By Jana Riess — February 6, 2015
Mormon Katrina Lantos Swett, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, has offered to be whipped 100 times to help save a Saudi blogger from an inhumane punishment.
Meet the tireless women working to free Raif Badawi and Waleed Abu al-Khair
By Chris Stedman — January 20, 2015
Samar Badawi, Ensaf Haidar, and Elham Manea talk with RNS about their efforts to free Raif Badawi and Waleed Abu al-Khair—and explain what others can do to help.
2014: The top stories in atheism
By Chris Stedman — December 22, 2014
From the popularity of 'Cosmos' on Fox-TV to the Roku launch of 'Atheist TV', from open atheist James Woods's inspiring congressional campaign to Richard Dawkins's less-than-inspiring tweets, atheists made headlines all year.
Western atheists: You aren’t illegal in Saudi Arabia
By Chris Stedman — April 7, 2014
Saudi Arabia has classified atheism as a form of terrorism. Sarah Jones explains why it isn't accurate for Western atheists to claim they're "illegal in Saudi Arabia" and why they should instead amplify the voices of Saudi human rights activists.
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