Eight-year prison term with 800 lashes (subsequent replacement sentence)
Awards
Oxfam Novib/PEN Award for Freedom of Expression (2017)
Ashraf Fayadh (Arabic: أشرف فياض; born 1980 in Saudi Arabia) is an artist and poet[1] of Palestinian origin. He is the son of refugees from Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip and lives in Saudi Arabia. He was active in the British-Arabian arts organization, Edge of Arabia,[2] and organized exhibitions of Saudi art in Europe and Saudi Arabia.
In November 2015, he was sentenced to death by beheading for apostasy.[3][4] The Saudi court overturned the death sentence three months later, imposing an eight-year prison term with 800 lashes.
^Stoughton, India (28 March 2014). "Putting contemporary Saudi art in context". The Daily Star. Beirut. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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^Hubbard, Ben (22 November 2015). "Saudi Artist's Death Sentence Follows a String of Harsh Punishments". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^Fahim, Kareem (10 January 2018). "As Saudi Arabia relaxes its controls on culture and entertainment, artists dream — and worry". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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