In the span of ten years, Raif has been lashed fifty times by Saudi authorities, attacked by fellow inmates, and even thrown into Solitary Confinement for several months on multiple occasions. To make things worse, the authorities turned a blind eye to his many hunger strikes, causing his physical and mental health to decline to the point where he had to be moved to the prison infirmary for weeks at a time. All of this torture just for writing.All Rights Reserved