e-189 (Raif Badawi)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-160-01 Government Response to petitions concerning Raif Badawi
- Badawi, Raif
- Civil and human rights
- Honorary citizen
- International relations
- Saudi Arabia
Original language of petition: French
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
- Raif Badawi has been a prisoner of conscience since June 2012 in Saudi Arabia and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes and a fine of 1 million riyals (roughly $289,000 Canadian)
- Canada is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to the Charter of the United Nations and presents itself as a defender of human rights and individual freedoms as set out for example in the Canadian Charter of Human Rights
- Canada is a signatory to the International Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Canada must encourage universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms
- Open for signature
- February 17, 2016, at 4:24 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- June 16, 2016, at 4:24 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Pierre-Luc Dusseault
(Sherbrooke)
June 6, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01443) - Government response tabled
- August 16, 2017