Famous blogger's family wants Canada's help to secure his freedom

Famous Saudi blogger Raif Badawi's family and his defenders want Canada's help to secure Badawi's freedom from a prison in Saudi Arabia. Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison back in 2012 for setting up a website to spread his more moderate writing. His family currently lives in Quebec and is hoping Prime Minister Trudeau makes a personal appeal for Badawi's freedom, but there's one key detail that complicates matters: Badawi is not a Canadian citizen.

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