Who Will Stand in Solidarity with Raif Badawi?

Last year, the thirty-one-year-old Saudi blogger Raif Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes (along with ten years of imprisonment and a fine of approximately $250,000) for the crime of advocating religious and political liberalization. He has so far received the first 50 lashes. Daniel Mark explains why he has volunteered to receive 100 lashes in Raif Badawi’s stead, and why the U.S. should be standing up for him: