Raif Badawi is a Saudi blogger who was accused, under a Saudi Arabian law against cybercrime, of creating and administering an Internet site and publishing comments on his Facebook page that “infringe on religious values”. In May 2014, the Criminal Court of Jeddah convicted Mr. Badawi and sentenced him to a more severe punishment of 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes, and a fine of 1 million riyals (about Can$289,0001), together with a subsequent ban on travel and on the use of multimedia devices for a period of 10 years. This judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeal of Jeddah on 1 September 2014. In this plea, Lawyers Without Borders Canada develops legal arguments for the release of Raif Badawi.