When was Raif Badawi reported to be released from prison?
March 11, 2022
March 1, 2022
March 21, 2022
April 1, 2022
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Raif Badawi was reported to be released from prison on March 11, 2022, after spending more than 10 years behind bars for criticizing the Saudi Arabian government. Badawi was arrested in 2012 for creating the Free Saudi Arabia blog, where he wrote about human rights abuses and called for political reform. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes, of which 50 were carried out in 2015.
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