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    Politicians call on Ottawa to help secure release of Saudi blogger

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 13 Jan, 2015 10:52 AM
    • Politicians call on Ottawa to help secure release of Saudi blogger

    MONTREAL — Several politicians are calling on Ottawa and Quebec to help secure the freedom of a Saudi blogger who was flogged 50 times last week after being convicted of insulting Islam.

    Raif Badawi's wife and children live in Quebec.

    Representatives of the federal NDP, the Parti Quebecois and Quebec solidaire held a news conference in Montreal this morning urging Ottawa and Quebec to do more to help free Badawi.

    Badawi was sentenced last May to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes after he criticized Saudi Arabia's powerful clerics on a liberal blog he founded.

    International Development Minister Christian Paradis was asked about Badawi at a news conference in Quebec City today and said the case is complicated because he is not a Canadian citizen.

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