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A Saudi blogger who was jailed, fined and publicly flogged after being convicted of charges including “violating Islamic values and propagating liberal thought” has been named co-winner of the 2015 PEN Pinter prize.
Raif Badawi will share the prize with the British poet and literary critic James Fenton, who highlighted Badawi’s courage in a speech at the British Library in London.
Fenton said: “What moved me was the contrast between the simplicity of Badawi’s liberal aims – their modesty, almost – and the ferocity of the punishments they have brought down on him.
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Raif Badawi will share the prize with the British poet and literary critic James Fenton, who highlighted Badawi’s courage in a speech at the British Library in London.
Fenton said: “What moved me was the contrast between the simplicity of Badawi’s liberal aims – their modesty, almost – and the ferocity of the punishments they have brought down on him.
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