This article originally appeared on LisaDaftari.com:
Saudi Arabia postponed a second round of 50 lashes for blogger and activist Raif Badawi Friday, according to his family.
Badawi, convicted of “writing anti-Islamic discourse online” was flogged 50 times at a public square in the port city of Jeddah following Friday prayers last week, his wife confirmed to LisaDaftari.com.
Badawi is set to receive lashes continuously over a period of 20 weeks as the remainder of his sentence is carried out, according to Amnesty International.
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