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Imprisoned Saudi blogger’s family visits Parliament Hill

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NDP MP Hélène Laverdière, middle, met with Ensaf Haidar, second to the right, the wife of jailed Saudi dissident Raif Badawi, and their three children on the Hill on Oct. 31.Photograph courtesy of Twitter

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BY NEIL MOSS

November 5, 2018

Human rights activist Ensaf Haidar, the wife of jailed Saudi dissident Raif Badawi, and their children, visited NDP MP Hélène Laverdière on the Hill last week to champion his case.

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