Jeddah , Saui Arabia ( CNN ) A planned flogging for a Saudi blogger was not carried out Friday -- the third straight week that a scheduled set of 50 lashes was postponed after he endured wounds in an initial set in the conservative kingdom -- his sister told CNN . The reason why Raif Badawi received another reprieve Friday was n't immediately available , but previous postponements were made because doctors determined he was too badly injured in his first beating January 9 to withstand more , according to Amnesty International and his wife . The case of Badawi , who was sentenced last year to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes after a Jeddah court convicted him of insulting Islam , has garnered international headlines and global outrage . Badawi started a blog called `` Free Saudi Liberals '' in 2008 to encourage discussion about Islam , particularly the intrusion of the nation 's religious police in Saudis ' personal lives . He was officially charged with `` adopting liberal thought , '' `` founding a liberal website , '' and insulting Islam , and was convicted of the latter . Badawi received his first 50 lashes on January 9 and was taken back to prison . He was n't flogged as scheduled in subsequent weeks , including this Friday , his sister , Samar Badawi , said . 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 . `` Raif Badawi is still at risk . There is no way of knowing whether the Saudi Arabian authorities will disregard the medical advice and allow the flogging to go ahead , '' Boumedouha said last week . CNN 's Victoria Eastwood reported from Jeddah . CNN 's Jason Hanna wrote in Atlanta . CNN 's Ashley Fantz contributed to this report .
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 500 lashes for insulting Islam . He started a blog in 2008 to promote discussion about Islam , particularly looking into Saudis ' personal lives .