Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose flogging sentence caused global outcry, awarded Sakharov human rights prize.


Saudi Arabia is set to resume the flogging of Raif Badawi, the blogger whose first 50 lashes became the center of international outcry, according to his wife, The Telegraph reports.


Ensaf Haidar said she's been told by an "informed source" the punishment will be administered in prison. She is currently living in Canada with the couple's children.


Badawi has been behind bars since 2012 and is currently serving a 10-year sentence after being convicted in 2014 of breaking Saudi Arabia's technology laws and insulting Islamic religious figures through his blog, "Saudi Arabian Liberals.'


He was also sentenced to 1,000 lashes over 20 weekly sessions and fined $266,000. The lashings were halted after a team of doctors deemed Badawi unable to endure further beatings.