Said Boumedouha , deputy director of Amnesty International 's Middle East and North Africa program , said last week that Saudi authorities should `` publicly announce an end to his flogging and release him immediately and unconditionally , '' rather than assess his fitness to be flogged week by week . Previous postponements came after doctors found Raif Badawi had n't recovered from his first beating . Badawi was sentenced last year to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam . Comment:
Previous postponements came after doctors found Raif Badawi had n't recovered from his first beating . Badawi was sentenced last year to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam . Comment: