(Reuters-New York Times) The U.S. asked Saudi authorities on Thursday to cancel a sentence of 1,000 lashes given to Raif Badawi, a liberal blogger who was arrested in 2012 and charged with cybercrime and disobeying his faith. Amnesty International said Badawi, who had run a website that included articles critical of senior Saudi religious figures, was to undergo the first 50 lashes on Friday.
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