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.

27 December 2013

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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