"A Saudi court has sentenced blogger and activist Raif Badawi to 10 years in prison and 1000 lashes for "insulting Islam." Amnesty International called him "a prisoner of conscience who is guilty of nothing."
Badawi, currently serving a seven-year prison term on the same charges, was also ordered to pay a fine of 1 million Saudi riyals (about $265,000) by the Criminal Court in the eastern city of Jeddah...
Badawi's persecution of what was called by the country's authorities as "insulting Islam" started in 2008 after he co-founded the "Free Saudi Liberals" website to discuss the role of religion in Saudi Arabia. The network declared May 7, 2012 a "day of liberalism" in the kingdom and called for an end of religion domination over public life.
In order to escape arrest, the blogger then fled the country. He returned when the charges against him were dropped, but was jailed in June 2012.
In July 2013 Badawi was sentenced to 600 lashes and seven years in prison for "insulting Islam" via his online forum, as well as violating Saudi Arabia's anti-cybercrime law."