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Raif Badawi, a 30-year-old blogger and activist, was flogged 50 times yesterday after Friday prayers in the first session of his flogging that will last 19 weeks and see him be lashed a total of 1,000 times. Badawi, who was flogged in public outside a mosque in Jeddah by Saudi Arabian authorities, had been sentenced to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes and a fine of $US266,600 on charges of insulting Islam. The accusations that he insulted Islam were the result…