Whitson : Blogger 's flogging most recent example of Saudi 's extreme punishment . Saudi Arabia beheaded at least 26 people last August alone . She says on jihad violence , easy to connect dots to U.S. , region 's model for repression . Sarah Leah Whitson : Saudi slammed flogging by its ally , but is silent on routine , grotesque abuses of non-Muslim citizens .
Whitson : Blogger 's flogging most recent example of Saudi 's extreme punishment . She says on jihad violence , easy to connect dots to U.S. , region 's model for repression . Sarah Leah Whitson : Saudi slammed flogging by its ally , but is silent on routine , grotesque abuses of non-Muslim citizens .