Human rights lawyer faces flogging in Saudi

Ahmed El-Gizawy is to be given 50 lashes in a Saudi Arabian square on 25 January, the third anniversary of the public uprising which saw Hosni Mubarak toppled after 30 years.

His sister has posted the news on Facebook. Mr El-Gizawy was arrested, charged with drugs smuggling and sentenced to three years in prison and 300 lashes when he entered the country for a Muslim pilgrimage last year. The arrest also followed his filing of a lawsuit, alleging maltreatment of Egyptians working in Saudi, in the Egyptian Administrative Court. Source: Business Standard

Human rights lawyer faces flogging in Saudi

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