Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for publishing a liberal blog, is to be awarded the International Publishers Association’s Prix Voltaire for his contribution to freedom of speech.

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Submitted April 11, 2016 at 06:39AM by madam1 http://ift.tt/1MoAjos