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Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir:

Blogger case still before Saudi courts

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An Amnesty International activist brandishes a picture of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
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The case of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose flogging sentence created worldwide outrage, is still before the courts, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Thursday.

"The legal process is still ongoing and it's up to the courts to decide what happens in this case," Jubeir said at a press conference with his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz.

Jubeir did not elaborate on what legal stage the case has reached, after Badawi's wife in June said Saudi Arabia's highest court had upheld a sentence of 10 years' jail and 1,000 lashes against him.

Badawi, 31, received the first 50 lashes in January but there have been no more following criticism from the European Union, United States, Sweden, Canada, the United Nations and others.

Jubeir said the Saudi judicial system, which is based on Islamic sharia law, is independent.

"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia respects the legal systems of every country and we expect other countries to respect our legal system," he said.

The European Parliament last month awarded Badawi its Sakharov human rights prize.

Announcing the award, parliament chief Martin Schulz called on King Salman to immediately release Badawi, denouncing his sentence as "brutal torture".

Badawi co-founded the Saudi Liberal Network Internet discussion group.

He was detained in 2012 on cybercrime charges and later sentenced for insulting Islam.

The kingdom has also come under frequent global scrutiny for its use of the death penalty.

London-based Amnesty International earlier this month put the number of executions -- usually carried out by beheading -- at 151 this year, the highest since 192 people were put to death in 1995.

The kingdom had the world's third-highest number of executions last year, Amnesty said.

Kurz said Austria considers the death penalty to be an "inhuman punishment".

He held talks with Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef during his visit.

The minister, aged 29, also met a youthful counterpart, the 30-something Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who holds the defence portfolio and other powerful posts.
Source: AFP

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