Nationality Saudi
Canadian Spouse Raif Badawi (m. 2002) | Occupation Human rights activist Residence Québec, Canada | |
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Books Raif Badawi - The Voice of Freedom: My Husband, Our Story Similar Raif Badawi, Samar Badawi, Waleed Abulkhair, Andrea C Hoffmann, Ali Mohammed Baqir al Profiles | ||
Interview with ensaf haidar raif badawi s wife
Ensaf Haidar (Arabic: إنصاف حيدر; born 1985), is a Saudi Arabian-Canadian human rights activist. She is the wife of Raif Badawi and campaigns for his freedom. She is the president of the Raif Badawi Foundation for Freedom, which campaigns for freedom of speech and human rights awareness in the Arab world.
Contents
- Interview with ensaf haidar raif badawi s wife
- Tom gross interviews raif badawi s wife ensaf haidar at the geneva summit 2016
- Personal life
- Arrest of Raif Badawi
- Campaign
- Sakharov Prize
- References
Tom gross interviews raif badawi s wife ensaf haidar at the geneva summit 2016
Personal life
She married Badawi in Saudi Arabia in 2001 and began his case this after directing harsh criticism against the religious establishment through articles and media interviews, which angered radical Saudi clerics, including Abdul-Rahman al-Barrak, Saudi religious scholar, and former member of the teaching body of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University.
After her husband was imprisoned, she fled with her children to Canada.
Arrest of Raif Badawi
She noted that al-Barrak issued a fatwa against Badawi, accusing him of apostasy and incited the population to kill him. He was arrested on June 12, 2012. She left Saudi Arabia with her children as soon as the fatwa was issued for her husband, months before his arrest. Immediately after his arrest, Haidar traveled to Canada, where she remains with her children. She stated, "I was afraid for my life and the lives of my children, We moved to Lebanon, and then we moved to Canada immediately after his arrest, where we got a permit to establish a temporary residence". Her husband told her in a phone call that his morale was high.
Campaign
She agrees with her husband about the need to abolish the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, commonly known as the religious police. International bodies and human rights organizations demanded the release of the Raif Badawi immediately out of respect for freedom of opinion.
Sakharov Prize
On 15 December 2015, she accepted the European Union's Sakharov Prize on behalf of her husband.