Mireille Elchacar and Raif Badawi

Raif Badawi: Raif Badawi was sentenced last year to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes and a fine of one million Saudi Arabian riyals about $315,000 Cdn for offences including creating an online forum for public debate and insulting Islam. , according to CBC. We received confirmation that the 50 first lashes were given this morning," Mireille Elchacar told the Radio show Quebec AM, adding that Badawi spoke with his wife not long after receiving his first 50 lashings . An activist who has a wife and three children in Sherbrooke, Que., underwent the first round of 50 lashes in public after morning prayers today in Saudi Arabia, human rights group Amnesty International says. Quebec woman jailed husband faces whipping The flogging will be carried out over a period of 20 weeks, Amnesty International said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.