(by Daily mail)
An internet blogger facing 1,000 lashes for criticising clerics in Saudi Arabia was given new hope last night after the apparent intervention of the king.
Bowing to massive international pressure, King Abdullah has referred the case of Raif Badawi to the country's supreme court.
There has been no official statement from the Saudi government on the monarch's intervention, revealed by Mr Badawi's wife, Ensaf.
Earlier yesterday Saudi Arabia was accused of 'outrageous inhumanity' after it delayed the father of three's flogging sentence…so his wounds could heal before he was whipped again.
