This Crowd Gathered to Watch Raif Badawi Get Lashed

This video shows nothing graphic. And yet it makes me sick to my stomach.

The people in it are supposedly gathering to watch Saudi blogger Raif Badawi get the first 50 (of 1,000) lashes yesterday:

The worst part is seeing kids running to witness the punishment.

By the way, yesterday, I wrote that Badawi reportedly didn’t even flinch as he received his punishment, a brave response. But I couldn’t help but nod along to Paul Fidalgo‘s tweet:

I’m glad to hear how brave @raif_badawi is in enduring thi...