RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia will resume flogging blogger Raif Badawi Friday as part of his sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison.
Badawi was arrested in 2012 for cybercrime and insulting Islam on his website The Liberal Saudi Network. He received the first 50 of the thousand lashes Friday Jan. 9. The next round of flogging is set to take place Friday Jan. 16.