Baird presses Saudi prince on blogger’s flogging sentence

[polly7]

OTTAWA — The Canadian Press
Published Friday, Jan. 23 2015, 9:15 AM EST
Last updated Friday, Jan. 23 2015, 9:21 AM EST

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has raised concerns with a Saudi prince about the flogging sentence handed down to a blogger with family in Quebec.

A government official, speaking on condition they not be named, says Baird raised Canada’s concerns about blogger Raif Badawi with Prince Turki Al Faisal, a member of the House of Saud.

Baird raised the case during a bilateral meeting with the prince, one of several he had Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

In a previous written statement, Baird condemned the sentence and called for clemency.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/baird-presses-saudi-prince-on-bloggers-flogging-sentence/article22600674/

Come on, Baird - your lip-service - 'raising concerns', 'condemning the sentence' and 'calling for clemency' is going to do what exactly for this man? I can't understand why there isn't supreme hell being raised over it.

[Johnny Rash]

1. Just your typical Canadian Politician's "Casual Public RANT", before an Election!

After all, we pay our Politicians to show us, just "How much", they really care, for our Well-Being?