article_snippet: The draconian punishment meant that Raif Badawi would be flogged 50 times every Friday for 20 weeks.
article_snippet: But after the first beating in Jeddah on January 9 this year, the process was paused when doctors ruled that a week later Raif Badawi scars had not healed sufficiently for Raif Badawi to face another round.
article_snippet: The draconian punishment has since been postponed each week on medical grounds but the government has so far failed to come up with a long term solution.
article_snippet: Programme said: ‘We are looking into reports that Raif might be facing the death penalty again and can’t verify that at this stage.
article_snippet: Raif and his family must be thinking "what new hell is this?"
article_snippet: Over a million people have called for Raif’s freedom.